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English noun: brilliance | |||
| 1. | brilliance (attribute) a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted | ||
| Samples | A glare of sunlight. | ||
| Synonyms | blaze, glare | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brightness | ||
| 2. | brilliance (attribute) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendor, splendour | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | elegance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | eclat | ||
| 3. | brilliance (cognition) unusual mental ability | ||
| Synonyms | genius | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intelligence | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | coruscation, pyrotechnics, scintillation | ||
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