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bright

 
/brɑɪt/ adj [-er/-est only] (LIGHT)

Definition

full of light, or shining: the bright lights of downtown brightness
 
/ˈbrɑɪt·nəs/ n [U]
The brightness of the summer day made him blink.
(Definition of bright adj (LIGHT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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