"bright spot" meaning in English

See bright spot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bright spots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bright spot (plural bright spots)
  1. (figuratively) A good part of something that is otherwise fairly bad or unpleasant. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: silver lining
    Sense id: en-bright_spot-en-noun-NNVVa7~f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bright, spot.
    Sense id: en-bright_spot-en-noun-iWByvkrT

Inflected forms

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