brilliance
part of speech
noun (brilliance, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Brilliance is great cleverness or talent: «the brilliance of the scientist». tree →
2) Brilliance is very bright light or shine: «the brilliance of the stars». tree →
3) Brilliance is the quality of being excellent or impressive: «a moment of brilliance in the match». tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and sports reports «brilliance» praises a clever idea, a skilful goal or an amazing performance. In science it can describe how bright a light, star or colour is. Phrases: a flash of brilliance, a moment of brilliance, sheer brilliance.
examples
- Everyone admired the brilliance of her idea. tree →
- The brilliance of the sun made us squint. tree →
- The winning goal was a moment of pure brilliance. tree →
- Einstein's brilliance changed science. tree →
- The diamond sparkled with brilliance. tree →
- It was sheer brilliance to bring an umbrella today. tree →
- She looked up in surprise at the dazzling brilliance that streamed through the hole; then gave a sigh which seemed to come from her heart. tree →
note
Uncountable: «her brilliance», not «a brilliance» (except «a brilliance of colour», rare). Adjective «brilliant», adverb «brilliantly». Spelled with «-ance», not «-ence».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «brilliance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.