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Collocations for bright - adj.

1. full of light

VERBS

be
The offices are going to be bright and airy.
look, seem
The factory's future now looks bright.
become, grow
Her timid eyes grew bright and she looked ready to venture on.
remain
dawn, glow, shine
The sun shone bright and hot.
The following morning dawned bright and warm.
burn

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
intensely, surprisingly, unusually
The white feathers looked surprisingly bright.
reasonably
The morning was reasonably bright.
too, unnaturally
Her eyes were unnaturally bright.
still
The sky was still bright in the west.

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2. intelligent

VERBS

be
Ms Newman is bright, opinionated and decisive.

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
exceptionally, incredibly
Thomas is an exceptionally bright boy.

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Bright is used with these nouns:
beam, bloom, boy, brown, bulb, chestnut, child, colour, crimson, day, daylight, eye, flame, flare, flash, flower, foliage, future, hallway, headlights, hope, idea, illumination, jewel, lad, light, lighting, moon, moonlight, morning, outlook, personality, prospect, pupil, purple, ray, red, room, scarlet, shade, side, sky, smile, splash, star, start, streak, street, sun, sunlight, sunshine, tone, weather, white, window

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