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  • 1brilliant — [[t]brɪ̱liənt[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful. She had a brilliant mind... It was his brilliant performance in My Left Foot that established his reputation. Derived words:… …

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  • 2brilliant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of light or colour) very bright or vivid. 2) exceptionally clever or talented. 3) Brit. informal excellent; marvellous. DERIVATIVES brilliance (also brilliancy) noun brilliantly adverb. ORIGIN …

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  • 3colour — colour1 W1S1 BrE color AmE [ˈkʌlə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(red/blue/green etc)¦ 2¦(colour in general)¦ 3¦(somebody s race)¦ 4 people/women/students etc of color 5¦(substance)¦ 6 in (full) colour 7¦(somebody s face)¦ …

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  • 4colour — /kul euhr/, n., adj. v.t., v.i. Chiefly Brit. color. Usage. See or1. * * * I Aspect of any object that may be described in terms of hue, brightness, and saturation. It is associated with the visible wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, which …

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  • 5colour — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE color) noun 1 quality that makes sth red, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ bold, bright, brilliant, glowing, iridescent, vibrant, vivid ▪ …

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  • 6brilliant — bril|liant W3S3 [ˈbrıljənt] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(bright)¦ 2¦(clever)¦ 3¦(excellent)¦ 4¦(successful)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: , present participle of briller to shine , from Italian brillare, probably from Latin beryllus; BERYL] …

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  • 7colour — 1 BrE color AmE noun 1 A COLOUR (C) red, blue, yellow, green, brown, purple etc: What colour are your eyes? They re brown. | My favourite colour is purple. | light/bright/pastel etc colour: Children like bright colors. | be an orange/greenish etc …

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  • 8brilliant — 1 adjective 1 brilliant light or colour is very bright and strong: The stage was flooded with brilliant light. | brilliant reds and blues 2 extremely good, clever, or skilful: Cox s performance was brilliant. | a brilliant idea: Hugh came up with …

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  • 9brilliant — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ADVERB ▪ just, really, truly ▪ Her performance was truly brilliant. ▪ …

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  • 10colour — [ kʌlə] a riot of colour brilliant dark dull fade garish gaudy harsh loud match nat …

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