Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: brilliance
IPA transcription: [bɹ'ɪljəns]
Pronunciations of brilliance
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: glare, blaze, brilliance
    Meaning: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight"
  • Synonyms: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
    Meaning: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"
Usage examples
  • Dazzled by their novelty and brilliance
  • He took off his coat, threw open the door and stepped out into the searing brilliance of the Disan noon.
  • She talked to Ronald with a vivacity that was unusual, and Joe herself was astonished at the brilliance of her conversation.
  • Noiseless flame which rebounded from the surface of the Earth broke in silence, deluging the heavens with shooting stars of great brilliance.
  • The chief star of the group, Aldebaran, one of the finest of all stars both for its brilliance and its color, is the most affected by the easterly motion.
  • Vavasor had not as yet commenced his career as an orator; but night after night, as he sat there, the chance of commencing it with brilliance seemed to be further from him, and still further.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Aleph (short story), License CC BY-SA 4.0