bright

Universal Words adjective, adverb adjective (brighter, brightest) 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) 2 (of a colour) strong and easy to see: I like bright colours. * a bright yellow dress * Jack's face turned bright red. 3 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. 4 intelligent; quick to learn: the brightest pupil in the class * Do you have any bright ideas (= clever ideas)? 5 hopeful; likely to be successful: This young musician has a bright future. * Prospects for the coming year look bright. * a bright start to the week brightly adverb: a brightly lit room * 'Hi!' she called brightly. brightness noun [U] IDIOMS bright and early very early in the morning: You're up bright and early today! (as) bright as a button (BrE) intelligent and quick to understand the bright lights the excitement of city life: Although he grew up in the country, he's always had a taste for the bright lights. a bright spark (BrE, informal, often ironic) a lively and intelligent person, especially sb young: Some bright spark (= stupid person) left the tap running all night. a / the bright spot a good or pleasant part of sth that is unpleasant or bad in all other ways: The win last week was the only bright spot in their last ten games. look on the bright side to be cheerful or hopeful about a bad situation, for example by thinking only of the advantages and not the disadvantages adverb (brighter, brightest) (literary) (usually with the verbs burn and shine) brightly: The stars were shining bright.