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# brilliance

«brilliance» in Mova's school dictionary: **great cleverness or talent: «the brilliance of the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (brilliance, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Brilliance is great cleverness or talent: «the brilliance of the scientist». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliance/#m1)

2) Brilliance is very bright light or shine: «the brilliance of the stars». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliance/#m2)

3) Brilliance is the quality of being excellent or impressive: «a moment of brilliance in the match». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliance/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and sports reports «brilliance» praises a clever idea, a skilful goal or an amazing performance. In science it can describe how bright a light, star or colour is. Phrases: a flash of brilliance, a moment of brilliance, sheer brilliance.

### examples

- Everyone admired the brilliance of her idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliance/#x1)
- The brilliance of the sun made us squint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliance/#x2)
- The winning goal was a moment of pure brilliance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliance/#x3)
- Einstein's brilliance changed science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliance/#x4)
- The diamond sparkled with brilliance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliance/#x5)
- It was sheer brilliance to bring an umbrella today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliance/#x6)
- She looked up in surprise at the dazzling brilliance that streamed through the hole; then gave a sigh which seemed to come from her heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliance/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «her brilliance», not «a brilliance» (except «a brilliance of colour», rare). Adjective «brilliant», adverb «brilliantly». Spelled with «-ance», not «-ence».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brilliance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.