bright

«bright» in Mova's school dictionary: Giving out or full of strong light: a bright light, a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (bright, brighter, brightest); adverb (brightly; bright — in «bright and early»)

meaning for a pupil

1) Giving out or full of strong light: a bright light, a bright sunny day. tree →

2) Of colours: strong and easy to see: bright red. tree →

3) Clever and quick to learn: a bright pupil. tree →

4) Happy and lively: a bright smile. tree →

5) Likely to be good: a bright future. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: the Sun is very bright — never look at it directly; bright light makes pupils smaller; reflective and bright clothes help drivers see you at night (be bright, be seen). In art: bright and dark colours. In stories: a bright idea, a bright morning. Phrases: bright light, bright colours, bright idea, bright and early, look on the bright side, bright future.

examples

• The Sun is too bright to look at. tree →
• Wear bright clothes so drivers can see you. tree →
• She painted the door bright yellow. tree →
• He's a bright boy who loves maths. tree →
• I had a bright idea! tree →
• We set off bright and early. tree →
• Look on the bright side — at least it's not raining. tree →
• The stars are bright tonight. tree →
• The bright boys were puz-zled now. tree →

note

Comparisons: brighter, brightest. Opposites: dim or dark (light), dull (colour), slow (mind — avoid saying it unkindly). The «gh» is silent: «brite». «Brighten» = make bright.

In the corpora

• Maria Prymachenko was a Ukrainian folk artist from the village of Bolotnia who painted bright, imaginary animals.
• Bright camera flashes over years can fade delicate colours and annoy visitors; many museums allow photos without flash.
• A black panther is a leopard or jaguar with extra dark pigment, and its spots can still be seen in bright light.
• Warmer sand gives more girl hatchlings and cooler sand more boys, and bright beach lights can lead hatchlings the wrong way.
• Blood is always red, bright red with oxygen and dark red without, even though veins look blue through your skin.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bright» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.