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vi·brant  audio  (vbrnt) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:
    1. Pulsing or throbbing with energy or activity: the vibrant streets of a big city.
    2. Vigorous, lively, and vital: "a vibrant group that challenged the . . . system" (Philip Taubman).
  2. Exhibiting or characterized by rapid, rhythmic movement back and forth or to and fro; vibrating.
  3. Produced as a result of vibration; resonant or resounding: vibrant voices.
  4. Relatively high on the scale of brightness: a vibrant hue.


OTHER FORMS:
vibran·cy or vibrance (Noun), vibrant·ly (Adverb)


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