Vivid Meaning
/ˈvɪvɪd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjClear, detailed, or powerful.
adjBright, intense, or colourful.
Sentence Examples
That will give you a vivid impression.
My memory of that is still vivid.
The event still remains vivid in my memory.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The writer's ____ description of the sunset made readers feel they were there.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He has a very ____ memory of his first trip to the mountains, remembering even the smallest several details today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Italic *gʷīwō Latin vīvō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin vīviduslbor. English vivid Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”). The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from Bic's Vivid Marker brand.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than its predecessors in the brilliant and explosive arcing between conductor shoes and the third rail; this was particularly vivid in Quarry Tunnel in the down direction, where the display equalled anything we have seen on the frostiest of nights in an electrified third-rail area."
— 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:
"The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise."
— 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
"The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza."
— 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 32, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The writer's ____ description of the sunset made readers feel they were there.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He has a very ____ memory of his first trip to the mountains, remembering even the smallest several details today.