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brights

noun
/bɹaɪts/US

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from bright — “brightness, brilliance; daylight; light”
  2. derived from *bʰerHǵ-✻ — “to shine, to gleam, whiten”
  3. inherited from *berhtaz✻ — “bright”
  4. inherited from *berht✻
  5. inherited from beorht
  6. inherited from bright
  7. suffixed as brights — “bright + s”

Definitions

  1. Bold or vivid colours

    Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.

  2. Household utensils (such as cutlery, ornaments, and plate) made of shiny metal.

  3. Synonym of high-beams.

    • Your brights are on.
    • Drop your brights as soon as approaching lights appear.
    • You can turn your brights on and that helps quite a bit, but you can not leave them on. So you end up driving beyond your headlights more than half the time.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. plural of bright

    2. third-person singular simple present indicative of bright

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA