bright
bright
/braɪt/
1 full of light; shining strongly
bright light/sunshine
a bright room
Her eyes were bright with tears.
a bright morning (= with the sun shining)
All of these stars are bigger and brighter than our sun.
Collocations
verbs
adverb
2 (of a colour) strong and easy to see
I like bright colours.
a bright yellow dress
Jack's face turned bright red.
This colour is a bit bright, isn't it ?
3 giving reason to believe that good things will happen; likely to be successful
This young musician has a bright future.
Prospects for the coming year look bright.
a bright start to the week
4 intelligent; quick to learn
the brightest pupil in the class
Do you have any bright ideas (= clever ideas)?
5 cheerful and lively
His eyes were bright and excited.
She gave me a bright smile.
Why are you so bright and cheerful today?
His face was bright with excitement.
Idioms
bright
/braɪt/
(brighter, brightest)
(literary)
(usually with the verbs burn and shine)
brightly
The stars were shining bright.
bright
/braɪt/
brights plural (North American English) the headlights on a vehicle set to a position in which they are shining as brightly as possible and not directed downwards
Word Origin
Old English beorht, of Germanic origin.