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- [brahyt]
- /braɪt/
- /braɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [brahyt]
- /braɪt/
Definitions of brighter word
- adjective brighter radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom. 1
- adjective brighter filled with light: The room was bright with sunshine. 1
- adjective brighter vivid or brilliant: a bright red dress; bright passages of prose. 1
- adjective brighter quick-witted or intelligent: They gave promotions to bright employees. 1
- adjective brighter clever or witty, as a remark: Bright comments enlivened the conversation. 1
- adjective brighter animated; lively; cheerful: a bright and happy child; a bird's bright song. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of brighter
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English breht, beorht; cognate with Gothic bairht(s), Old Saxon ber(a)ht, Old High German beraht, Old Norse bjartr; Welsh berth splendid (< *berkto-); akin to Latin flagrāre to blaze (see flagrant), Albanian (i) bardhë white, Sanskrit bhrājate(it) shines
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Brighter
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
brighter popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
brighter usage trend in Literature
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See also
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