Brighton

[ brahyt-n ]

/ ˈbraɪt n /

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noun

a city in East Sussex, in SE England: seashore resort.

a city near Melbourne in S Victoria, in SE Australia.

a town in central Colorado.

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Words nearby Brighton

bright idea, bright lights, brightline, brightline spectrum, brightness, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, brights, Bright's disease, bright side, bright spot

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How to use Brighton in a sentence

A month later, she burned all her clothes and ran away to the seaside town of Brighton.
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The mother-son duo first headed to a King Soopers store in Brighton.
After the shooting, a boy gave flowers to workers at King Soopers stores near the attack|Sydney Page|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
It has lost to bad teams, including Fulham, Burnley and Brighton.
How Bad Is Liverpool?|Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com)|March 12, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Though she was born in Los Angeles, Celeste, whose father is Jamaican and mother British, was raised in Brighton, UK, and currently resides in London, England.
UK Singer Celeste Is Bridging The Gap In Soul From Across The Pond|Brande Victorian|March 12, 2021|Essence.com

She thought, It’s a windy night, I know—go back to bed, Brighton.
The Long-Lasting Mental Health Effects of Wildfires|Jane C. Hu|December 3, 2020|Outside Online
When we moved to Brighton Beach, I was 13 and a half and only a few houses away lived the one and only Buddy Rich.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And there may be no better place in the U.S. to experience that side of Russia than Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, NY.
Where to Celebrate the Olympics by Drinking Russian Style|William O’Connor|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, the Brighton branch is being set up by Anita and Stuart Balkham, a married couple who live in Sussex.
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Menkes was born in 1943 to a Jewish lawyer father and mother and raised in the countryside in Brighton, England.
Suzy Menkes Sounds Off on the Met Gala, Fashion’s "Circus" of Bloggers|Claire Stern|May 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
My present wife was injured and her husband killed in the 1984 IRA bomb attack on Thatcher at the Grand Hotel Brighton.
Margaret Thatcher Found Her Voice, and Transformed Britain|Bernard Donoughue|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A little to the north of Brighton is Lewes, the county town of Sussex, rich in relics of antiquity.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
No doubt all the spirit of progress in the vicinity has been absorbed by the city of Brighton, less than a dozen miles away.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
I live not unpleasantly, in a round of Ministerial dinners; but I am impatient to see my white house at Brighton.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon
I pity them both, and I pity you too, for at this time of year Brighton must be a damned place.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon
Educational establishments are numerous, and include Brighton College, which ranks high among English public schools.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Brighton

Brighton

/ (ˈbraɪtən) /

noun

a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)

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