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brights en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /bɹaɪts/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of bright
    form of bright
  2. (plural, plural-only) Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
  3. (colloquial, dated, plural, plural-only) Household utensils (such as cutlery, ornaments, and plate) made of shiny metal.
  4. (US, plural, plural-only) Synonym of high-beams.
    • 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. 2004 July 18, Rocky Roads, “Re: big rig out of control (Photo)”, in misc.transport.trucking (Usenet), message-ID <cdearo$ufn@library2.airnews.net>:
    • Your brights are on.
    • 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 139:
    • 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

brights en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /bɹaɪts/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of bright
    form of bright