Usually means: Emitting or reflecting much light.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bright, bright: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Bright, bright: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bright: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bright: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bright: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bright, bright: Wordnik
  7. bright: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Bright, bright: Wiktionary
  9. bright: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bright: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bright: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Bright, bright: Dictionary.com
  13. bright: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. bright: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Bright (Echosmith song), Bright (Japanese band), Bright (company), Bright (film), Bright (song), Bright (surname), Bright: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Bright: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. bright: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. bright: Rhymezone
  19. bright: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. bright: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. BRIGHT: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. bright: Free Dictionary
  23. bright: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Bright, bright: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. Bright: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. Bright: World Wide Words
  27. bright: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. bright: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Epicurus.com Beer Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com Tea Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bright (disambiguation), bright: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bright (disambiguation), bright: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Bright (disambiguation), bright: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  3. Tea Terms (No longer online)
  4. bright: The Skeptic's Dictionary
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. bright: Idioms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. bright, bright, bright, bright: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. bright: The Folk File
  3. bright (noun), the bright: Urban Dictionary
  4. bright: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Bright: Coffee Glossary
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
adjective:  Of light: brilliant, intense.
adjective:  Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.
adjective:  Of a place: not dark; well-lit.
adjective:  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.
adjective:  (figuratively)
adjective:  Clearly apparent; conspicuous.
adjective:  Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
adjective:  Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.
adjective:  Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.
adjective:  Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.
adjective:  Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.
adjective:  Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.
adjective:  Glorious; illustrious.
adjective:  In good spirits; happy, optimistic.
adjective:  Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.
adjective:  Of a person: lively, vivacious.
adjective:  Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.
adjective:  Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.
adjective:  Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.
adjective:  Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
adjective:  (archaic)
adjective:  Of the eyes: able to see clearly; of eyesight: keen, sharp.
adjective:  Manifest to the mind as light is to the eyes; clear, evident, plain.
adjective:  (music) Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.
adjective:  (music) Of a note: slightly sharp.
adjective:  (metallurgy) Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
noun:  (archaic or literary)
noun:  Brightness, glow.
noun:  (figuratively) Glory, splendour.
noun:  (chiefly in the plural) Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.
noun:  A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.
noun:  (painting) An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
adverb:  (often literary) In a bright manner; brightly, glowingly, luminously, lustrously.
adverb:  (figuratively)
adverb:  Referring to colour: with bold or vivid colours; brightly, boldly, vividly.
adverb:  (archaic) Referring to sight, sound, understanding, etc.: clearly, distinctly; brightly.
verb:  (transitive) Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
verb:  (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.
verb:  (intransitive, also figuratively) Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A census-designated place in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Green Grove, Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
noun:  A civil parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
noun:  A town in Alpine Shire, north-east Victoria, Australia.
noun:  A civil parish and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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