Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Perceived as bright and distinct; brilliant.
- adjective Having intensely bright colors.
- adjective Having a very high degree of saturation.
- adjective Presented in clear and striking manner.
- adjective Perceived or felt with the freshness of immediate experience.
- adjective Active in forming lifelike images.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; bright; clear; lively; fresh; strong; intense: as, the vivid colors of the rainbow; the vivid green of flourishing vegetables.
- Producing a distinct and strong impression on the mind; presented to the mind with exceptional clearness and force; of a mental faculty. having a clear and vigorous action.
- Synonyms Lucid, striking, lustrous, luminous, vigorous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense.
- adjective Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun New Zealand A felt-tipped permanent marker.
- adjective
clear ,detailed orpowerful - adjective of an image
bright ,intense orcolourful - adjective full of life, strikingly alive
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience
- adjective having striking color
- adjective evoking lifelike images within the mind
- adjective (of color) having the highest saturation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The word "vivid" also describes the posters' graphic images and messages.
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The word "vivid" also describes the posters' graphic images and messages.
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Mr. Roam's solution, which he calls vivid thinking, involves adding visuals.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed HARVEY SCHACHTER 2012
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Mr. Roam's solution, which he calls vivid thinking, involves adding visuals.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed HARVEY SCHACHTER 2012
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Joel Johnson details in vivid detail the sexual molestation he was a victim of.
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"The documents sketch, in vivid detail, a critical change in the way America wages war: the early days of the Iraq war, with all its Wild West chaos, ushered in the era of the private contractor, wearing no uniform but fighting and dying in battle, gathering and disseminating intelligence and killing presumed insurgents," the paper said.
Iraq war logs: media reaction around the world Martin Chulov in Baghdad 2010
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A wonderful economy of words and yet you stroked the canvas in vivid colors.
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Facial expressions certainly offer clues to who we are, but clothes tell the rest of the nonverbal story in vivid color, strident patterns or conservative silhouettes.
The burqa in France: Removing the veil without facing society's shortcomings Robin Givhan 2010
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You bring to life in vivid detail an aspect of WWII that we haven't heard a lot about: the frenzied evacuation of the Germans as the Eastern front crumbled and the Russians advanced.
A conversation with bestselling author Chris Bohjalian about his novel, Skeletons at the Feast 2010
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Google earth presents complex information in vivid ways that are easy to comprehend.
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