[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bright/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / bright # bright adjective (bright, brighter, brightest); adverb (brightly; bright — in «bright and early») «bright» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Giving out or full of strong light: a bright light, a bright sunny day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#m1) 2. Of colours: strong and easy to see: bright red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#m2) 3. Clever and quick to learn: a bright pupil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#m3) 4. Happy and lively: a bright smile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#m4) 5. Likely to be good: a bright future. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#m5) ### In the lessons In science: the Sun is very bright — never look at it directly; bright light makes pupils smaller; reflective and bright clothes help drivers see you at night (be bright, be seen). In art: bright and dark colours. In stories: a bright idea, a bright morning. Phrases: bright light, bright colours, bright idea, bright and early, look on the bright side, bright future. ### Examples - The Sun is too bright to look at. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#x1) - Wear bright clothes so drivers can see you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#x2) - She painted the door bright yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#x3) - He's a bright boy who loves maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#x4) - I had a bright idea! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#x5) - We set off bright and early. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#x6) - Look on the bright side — at least it's not raining. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#x7) - The stars are bright tonight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#x8) - The bright boys were puz-zled now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/#x9) ### Note Comparisons: brighter, brightest. Opposites: dim or dark (light), dull (colour), slow (mind — avoid saying it unkindly). The «gh» is silent: «brite». «Brighten» = make bright. ## In Jewish tradition In the laws about skin disease, a bright spot is a pale, shiny patch on the skin that the priest must examine. In the later books it also means shining, polished or full of light, as in bright metal, bright skies, and a bright face. **Interpretation.** The priest, not the doctor, judged whether a spot made someone unclean, and tradition sees these laws as about spiritual purity and speech, not just illness. Psalms says wine and oil make the face bright, a picture of joy and well-being. ### Examples - and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot; (Torah LEV.14.56, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x1) - And if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; (Torah LEV.13.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x2) - and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest. (Torah LEV.13.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x3) - and twenty bowels of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold. (Writings EZR.8.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x4) - And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. (Writings JOB.37.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x5) - And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, making the face brighter than oil, and bread that stayeth man's heart. (Writings PSA.104.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x6) ### Note Comparisons: brighter, brightest. Opposites: dim or dark (light), dull (colour), slow (mind — avoid saying it unkindly). The «gh» is silent: «brite». «Brighten» = make bright. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «bright» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bright/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bright» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bright.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «bright» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bright» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bright.html) on Mova free.