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# brilliant

«brilliant» in Mova's school dictionary: **very clever or talented** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (brilliant, more brilliant, most brilliant)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Brilliant means very clever or talented. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#m1)

2) Brilliant means very bright and shining, like brilliant sunshine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#m2)

3) In British, Irish and Australian everyday speech, brilliant means really good or great. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children and teachers say brilliant to praise good work or good news. In science, brilliant light is very bright. In stories, a brilliant detective or inventor is very clever. Phrases: a brilliant idea, brilliant colours, That's brilliant!

### examples

- What a brilliant idea! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x1)
- She is a brilliant scientist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x2)
- The sun was brilliant in the blue sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x3)
- The parrot has brilliant green feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x4)
- We had a brilliant time at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x5)
- Brilliant work on your story, Sam! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x6)
- The diamond was brilliant in the light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x7)
- I’m sure to have a brilliant idea for you before long.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brilliant/#x8)

### note

Spelling: double l: b-r-i-l-l-i-a-n-t. Adverb: brilliantly; noun: brilliance. In the UK people often say brill for short. In the USA, brilliant mostly means very clever or very bright, less often just good.

### In the corpora

- [Being brilliant at one game does not make an AI good at everything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/7/)
- [Skin is also a brilliant repair kit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/1/)
- [The boys groaned when they found out — and then had a brilliant afternoon on a racing game and a building game anyway.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/401-fighting-games-at-a-friends/18/)
- [For one second it felt brilliant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/2/)
- [Not every brilliant player is a cheater, though.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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