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bright
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: br?t, IPA(key): /b?a?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
Etymology 1
The adjective is derived from Middle English bright (“giving off much light; of colour or light: brilliant, intense; brightly lit; gleaming, shining; glorious, resplendent; of a person: beautiful, fair, rosy; wonderful; clear; of eyesight: keen; (figuratively) free from sin; enlightened”) [and other forms], from Old English bryht, breht (Northumbrian), a metathetic variant of byrht (Anglian), beorht (West Saxon), berht (“bright, clear”) [and other forms] from Proto-West Germanic *berht, from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright, shining”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ereg- (“to gleam, whiten”), *b?erH?- (“to shine”).
The noun is derived from Middle English bright (“brightness, brilliance; daylight; light”), from bright (adjective): see above.
The English word is cognate with Albanian bardhë (“white”), Dutch brecht (in personal names), Icelandic bjartur (“bright”), Lithuanian brekšta (“to dawn”), Middle Irish brafad (“blink of an eye”), Norwegian bjart (“bright, clear, shining”), Persian ???????? (barâzidan, “to beautify; to befit”), Russian ????????? (brézžit?, “to dawn; to flicker faintly, glimmer; (figuratively) of a hope, thought, etc.: to begin to manifest, emerge”), Sanskrit ??????? (bhr?jate), Scots bricht (“bright”), Welsh berth (“beautiful, fair, fine”) (obsolete).
Adjective
bright (comparative brighter, superlative brightest)
- Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
- Of light: brilliant, intense.
- Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.
- Synonyms: lustrous; see also Thesaurus:shiny
- Antonym: dull
- Of a place: not dark; well-lit.
- Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.
- (figuratively)
- Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
- Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.
- Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.
- Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.
- Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.
- Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.
- Glorious; illustrious.
- In good spirits; happy, optimistic.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:happy
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:sad
- Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.
- Of a person: lively, vivacious.
- Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.
- Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.
- Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.
- Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:intelligent
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid
- (archaic)
- Of the eyes: able to see clearly; of eyesight: keen, sharp.
- Manifest to the mind as light is to the eyes; clear, evident, plain.
- (music) Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.
- Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
- (metallurgy) Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Appendix:Word formation verb -en noun -ness
Noun
bright (plural brights)
- (archaic or literary)
- Brightness, glow.
- (figuratively) Glory, splendour.
- Brightness, glow.
- (chiefly in the plural) Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.
- A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.
- Synonyms: humanist, nonsupernaturalist
- Antonyms: super, supernaturalist
- Hyponym: atheist
- (painting) An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English brighte (“brightly; (figuratively) brilliantly, lustrously; of colour: boldly, vividly; clearly, distinctly; of voice: loudly”) [and other forms], from Old English breohte, beorhte (West Saxon) [and other forms], ultimately from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright, shining”); see further at etymology 1.
Adverb
bright (comparative more bright, superlative most bright)
- (often literary) In a bright manner; brightly, glowingly, luminously, lustrously.
- (figuratively)
- Referring to colour: with bold or vivid colours; brightly, boldly, vividly.
- (archaic) Referring to sight, sound, understanding, etc.: clearly, distinctly; brightly.
Derived terms
- bright and early
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English brighten (“to illuminate; to become light, dawn; (figuratively) to cleanse, purify; to clarify, explain”) [and other forms], from Old English beorhtian (“to brighten, shine; to sound clearly or loudly”) [and other forms], probably from beorht (“bright, clear”, adjective) (see further at etymology 1) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns). Later uses of the word are probably also derived from the adjective.
Verb
bright (third-person singular simple present brights, present participle brighting, simple past and past participle brighted) (chiefly Britain, dialectal)
- (transitive) Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
- (transitive, figuratively) Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
- Synonyms: (to cause to be bright) embrighten, (to make energetic) enliven, delight, gladden, (to make happy) please
- (intransitive, also figuratively) Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
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References
Further reading
- brightness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Brights movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bright (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
bright From the web:
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- what brightens skin
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- what brightness should my tv be
reasonable
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French resnable, from Late Latin rationabilis, from Latin ratio; more at reason, -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i?.z?n.?.b?l/, /??i?z.n?.b?l/
- Hyphenation: rea?son?able
Adjective
reasonable (comparative more reasonable, superlative most reasonable)
- (now rare) Having the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning.
- 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:
- The wi?dome and under?tanding of this Bea?t, will almo?t conclude him a rea?onable creature […].
- 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:
- Just; fair; agreeable to reason.
- Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper.
- a reasonable demand, amount, or price
- Not expensive; fairly priced.
- $20 a bottle is very reasonable for a good wine at a restaurant.
- Say, would you happen to know a good place for lunch in the downtown area? ... The Radisson ... Oh yah? ... Is it reasonable? - Marge Gunderson in Fargo (1996)
- Satisfactory.
- The builders did a reasonable job, given the short notice.
Synonyms
- reasonous
Antonyms
- arbitrary
- unreasonable
Derived terms
- reasonably
- reasonability
- reasonableness
Translations
reasonable From the web:
- what reasonable mean
- what reasonable doubt means
- what reasonable conclusions are possible
- what reasonable accommodation mean
- what reasonable adjustments can i ask for
- what does it mean to be reasonable
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