{
    "term": "brilliant",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "extremely clever or impressive",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What a brilliant idea!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She came up with an **absolutely brilliant** solution to our problem"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a brilliant performance/invention"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He made two brilliant saves to keep his side in the match."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The system is brilliant in its simplicity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her performance was technically brilliant but lacked feeling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His playing of the Beethoven was truly brilliant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She scored a brilliant goal a minute before the whistle blew."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a brilliant and fascinating piece of writing."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["just", "really", "truly"],
                "preposition": ["at"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very good; excellent",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English, informal)(informal, especially North American English)(informal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘How was it?’ ‘Brilliant!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thanks. You've been brilliant *(= very helpful)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is very artistic, the cake looks brilliant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Winning that race was just brilliant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘How was the show?’ ‘Brilliant!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's brilliant at football."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "very intelligent or showing a lot of skill",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)especially British English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's a brilliant young scientist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has one of the most brilliant minds in the country."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["just", "really", "truly"],
                "preposition": ["at"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "very successful",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a brilliant career"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The play was a brilliant success."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["just", "really", "truly"],
                "preposition": ["at"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "very bright",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "brilliant sunshine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "brilliant blue eyes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sky was a brilliant blue."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbrɪliənt/",
                "audio": "br/brilliant/brilliant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbrɪliənt/",
                "audio": "br/brilliant/brilliant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: from French brillant ‘shining’, present participle of briller, from Italian brillare, probably from Latin beryllus from Greek bērullos."
}