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brights

UK/bɹaɪts/

brights noun: bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours. Also the plural of bright.

Noun

brights pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
  2. (colloquial, dated, plural, plural-only) Household utensils (such as cutlery, ornaments, and plate) made of shiny metal.
  3. (US, plural, plural-only) Synonym of high-beams.
    • Your brights are on.
    • Drop your brights as soon as approaching lights appear.1963 July, Morton J. Schultz, “Keeping Your Headlights on the Beam”, in Popular Mechanics, →ISSN, page 161
    Synonyms:
    high-beams

Also used as

brights is also the plural of bright.

brights is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of bright.

Examples of brights in a sentence

  • You can turn your brights on and that helps quite a bit, but you can not leave them on.2004 July 18, Rocky Roads, “Re: big rig out of control (Photo)”, in misc.transport.trucking (Usenet), message-ID...
  • The moment I flashed my brights this animal started to run across the road.2006 March 31, Linda S. Godfrey, Hunting the American Werewolf: Beast Men in Wisconsin and Beyond, Madison: Trails Books, →ISBN, →OL, page...

Synonyms of brights

Origin of brights

From bright (adjective) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).

Phrases with brights

Words that rhyme with brights

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Questions about brights

What does brights mean?
Brights means bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
How do you use brights in a sentence?
You can turn your brights on and that helps quite a bit, but you can not leave them on.
What part of speech is brights?
Brights is a noun.
How do you pronounce brights?
Brights is pronounced /bɹaɪts/ (UK).

Words near brights in the dictionary

  1. Brighton Park
  2. Brighton pier
  3. Brighton-Le-Sands
  4. Brightonian
  5. Brightonians
  6. brights
  7. Brightside
  8. brightsizing
  9. brightsmith
  10. brightsmiths
  11. brightsome

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