BRIGHTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brighton mean? 

• BRIGHTON (noun)
  The noun BRIGHTON has 1 sense:

1. a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex

  Familiarity information: BRIGHTON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRIGHTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Brighton" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

They are going to be encamped near Brighton; and I do so want papa to take us all there for the summer!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

With a significant smile, which made Fanny quite hate him, he said, “So! Rushworth and his fair bride are at Brighton, I understand; happy man!”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

They took tickets for New Brighton.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

First to Brighton, that he may present you to the Prince.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

New research at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) explains how, for the first time.

(Sound of Nature Helps Us Relax, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They are at Brighton now, you know; in one of the best houses there, as Mr. Rushworth's fine fortune gives them a right to be.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Colonel Forster believed that more than a thousand pounds would be necessary to clear his expenses at Brighton.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

There is no driving on the Brighton Road.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Every public place was new to Maria, and Brighton is almost as gay in winter as in summer.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

“If I should ever go to Brighton, I would behave better than Lydia.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)