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say it: brahyt
bright is an adjective and adverb meaning "emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts". It is pronounced /ˈbɹaɪt/ — brahyt. It carries 11 recorded senses.
characterized by quickness and ease in learning
“some children are brighter in one subject than another”
“smart children talk earlier than the average”
having lots of light either natural or artificial
“the room was bright and airy”
“a stage bright with spotlights”
splendid
“the bright stars of stage and screen”
“a bright moment in history”
“the bright pageantry of court”
not made dim or less bright
“undimmed headlights”
“surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed”
clear and sharp and ringing
“the bright sound of the trumpet section”
“the brilliant sound of the trumpets”
characterized by happiness or gladness
“bright faces”
“all the world seems bright and gay”
likely to turn out well in the future
“had a bright future in publishing”
“the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career”
“a hopeful new singer on Broadway”
with brightness
“the stars shone brilliantly”
“the windows glowed jewel bright”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bright come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.