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{
"term": "brilliant",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "extremely clever or impressive",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "What a brilliant idea!"
},
{
"text": "She came up with an **absolutely brilliant** solution to our problem"
},
{
"text": "a brilliant performance/invention"
},
{
"text": "He made two brilliant saves to keep his side in the match."
},
{
"text": "The system is brilliant in its simplicity."
},
{
"text": "Her performance was technically brilliant but lacked feeling."
},
{
"text": "His playing of the Beethoven was truly brilliant."
},
{
"text": "She scored a brilliant goal a minute before the whistle blew."
},
{
"text": "This is a brilliant and fascinating piece of writing."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look"],
"adverb": ["just", "really", "truly"],
"preposition": ["at"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "very good; excellent",
"labels": "(British English, informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English, informal)(informal, especially North American English)(informal)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘How was it?’ ‘Brilliant!’"
},
{
"text": "Thanks. You've been brilliant *(= very helpful)*."
},
{
"text": "She is very artistic, the cake looks brilliant."
},
{
"text": "Winning that race was just brilliant."
},
{
"text": "‘How was the show?’ ‘Brilliant!’"
},
{
"text": "He's brilliant at football."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "very intelligent or showing a lot of skill",
"labels": "(especially North American English)especially British English",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's a brilliant young scientist."
},
{
"text": "She has one of the most brilliant minds in the country."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look"],
"adverb": ["just", "really", "truly"],
"preposition": ["at"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "very successful",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a brilliant career"
},
{
"text": "The play was a brilliant success."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look"],
"adverb": ["just", "really", "truly"],
"preposition": ["at"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "very bright",
"examples": [
{
"text": "brilliant sunshine"
},
{
"text": "brilliant blue eyes"
},
{
"text": "The sky was a brilliant blue."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrɪliənt/",
"audio": "br/brilliant/brilliant__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrɪliənt/",
"audio": "br/brilliant/brilliant__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: from French brillant ‘shining’, present participle of briller, from Italian brillare, probably from Latin beryllus from Greek bērullos."
}