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# brilliant

adjective (brilliant, more brilliant, most brilliant)

«brilliant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Brilliant means very clever or talented. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#m1)
2. Brilliant means very bright and shining, like brilliant sunshine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#m2)
3. In British, Irish and Australian everyday speech, brilliant means really good or great. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life children and teachers say brilliant to praise good work or good news. In science, brilliant light is very bright. In stories, a brilliant detective or inventor is very clever. Phrases: a brilliant idea, brilliant colours, That's brilliant!

### Examples

- What a brilliant idea! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x1)
- She is a brilliant scientist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x2)
- The sun was brilliant in the blue sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x3)
- The parrot has brilliant green feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x4)
- We had a brilliant time at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x5)
- Brilliant work on your story, Sam! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x6)
- The diamond was brilliant in the light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x7)
- I’m sure to have a brilliant idea for you before long.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: double l: b-r-i-l-l-i-a-n-t. Adverb: brilliantly; noun: brilliance. In the UK people often say brill for short. In the USA, brilliant mostly means very clever or very bright, less often just good.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brilliant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brilliant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brilliant.html) on Mova free.