word-vault/dist/data/cards/br/bright.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "bright",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "full of light; shining strongly",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**bright light/sunshine**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bright room"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her eyes were bright with tears."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bright morning *(= with the sun shining)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All of these stars are bigger and brighter than our sun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The following day dawned bright and warm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was quite bright early on, but it clouded over in the afternoon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The morning was reasonably bright."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The offices are going to be bright and airy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sky was still bright in the west."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sun shone bright and hot."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "strong and easy to see",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I like **bright colours**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bright yellow dress"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jack's face turned **bright red**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This colour is a bit bright, isn't it ?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bright tie"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The white feathers looked surprisingly bright."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "giving reason to believe that good things will happen; likely to be successful",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This young musician has **a bright future**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prospects for the coming year look bright."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bright start to the week"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The factory's future now looks bright."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The war dimmed hopes of a rising market after a bright start to the year."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "intelligent; quick to learn",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)especially British English",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the brightest pupil in the class"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have any **bright ideas** *(= clever ideas)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ms Newman is bright, opinionated and decisive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thomas is an exceptionally bright boy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a really bright child"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's probably the brightest student in her year."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "cheerful and lively",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His eyes were bright and excited."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave me a bright smile."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why are you so **bright and cheerful** today?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His face was **bright with** excitement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her timid eyes grew bright and she looked ready to venture on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt bright and cheerful and full of energy."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very early in the morning",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're up bright and early today!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "intelligent and quick to understand",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the excitement of city life",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Although he grew up in the country, he's always had a taste for the bright lights."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a lively and intelligent person, especially somebody young",
            "labels": "(British English, informal, often ironic)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some bright spark *(= stupid person)* left the tap running all night."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a good or pleasant part of something that is unpleasant or bad in all other ways",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The win last week was the only bright spot in their last ten games."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The birth of my son was the one bright spot in a terrible year."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be cheerful or positive about a bad situation, for example by thinking only of the advantages and not the disadvantages",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Look on the bright side. You managed to do more than I did."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/braɪt/",
                "audio": "br/bright/bright_1_gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/braɪt/",
                "audio": "br/bright/bright_1_us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English beorht, of Germanic origin."
}