bright

bright
adj.
1 full of light
VERBS
be

The offices are going to be bright and airy.

look, seem

The factory's future now looks bright.

(= seems good)
become, grow

Her timid eyes grew bright and she looked ready to venture on.

remain
dawn, glow, shine

The sun shone bright and hot.

The following morning dawned bright and warm.

burn
ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
intensely, surprisingly, unusually

The white feathers looked surprisingly bright.

reasonably

The morning was reasonably bright.

too, unnaturally

Her eyes were unnaturally bright.

still

The sky was still bright in the west.

2 intelligent
VERBS
be

Ms Newman is bright, opinionated and decisive.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
exceptionally, incredibly

Thomas is an exceptionally bright boy.

Bright is used with these nouns: ↑beam, ↑bloom, ↑boy, ↑brown, ↑bulb, ↑chestnut, ↑child, ↑colour, ↑crimson, ↑day, ↑daylight, ↑eye, ↑flame, ↑flare, ↑flash, ↑flower, ↑foliage, ↑future, ↑hallway, ↑headlights, ↑hope, ↑idea, ↑illumination, ↑jewel, ↑lad, ↑light, ↑lighting, ↑moon, ↑moonlight, ↑morning, ↑outlook, ↑personality, ↑prospect, ↑pupil, ↑purple, ↑ray, ↑red, ↑room, ↑scarlet, ↑shade, ↑side, ↑sky, ↑smile, ↑splash, ↑star, ↑start, ↑streak, ↑street, ↑sun, ↑sunlight, ↑sunshine, ↑tone, ↑weather, ↑white, ↑window

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