From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvividviv‧id /ˈvɪvɪd/ ●●○ adjective 1 REAL/NOT IMAGINARYvivid memories, dreams, descriptions etc are so clear that they seem real OPP vague I’ve got vivid memories of that summer. He had a vivid picture of her in his mind.2 → vivid imagination3 Cvivid colours or patterns are very bright his vivid blue eyes► see thesaurus at colour —vividly adverb I can vividly remember the day we met. —vividness noun [uncountable]
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vivid• The book gives a vivid account of the author's journey through northern Africa.• Include details to make your story as vivid as possible.• The bright exposure of a vivid blue patch alarms the attacker and may save the lizard's life.• a vivid blue sky• I loved listening to his vivid descriptions of life in Italy.• Yet decades earlier, readers had already gotten a vivid fictionalized look at the inner earth from another science-fiction author.• One of my most vivid memories is of my first day at school.• The drug can make people suffer hallucinations and vivid nightmares.• But along the way Alice Thomas Ellis creates an ironic and vivid portrait of London, brilliantly catching its degradation and waste.• a vivid red cape• She could see nothing except a vivid scarlet blur, the colour of a London bus.• Repeat the steps above, trying to make it even more vivid than it was last time.• a cloud of vivid yellow butterfliesOrigin vivid (1600-1700) Latin vividus, from vivere “to live” 