dark
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- noun
- /dɑrk/
- Her eyes had adjusted to the dark by the time she'd reached Darren's door.
- light and dark
- see in the dark
- the dark of night
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- Be there before dark or we will cut her throat.
- Well, they had glow in the dark guardrails and decals.
Examples
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You ever wonder why the fear of the dark is so common in us?
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Does anybody else have a way to see in the dark?
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And it leads you to a dark place and you start thinking.
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I mean, it was, it was a dark period in my life.
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The fact that she was out here alone in the dark and cold meant nothing to him.
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But as I was lying there alone in the dark, under the boards, it came to me.
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We learn we can see in the dark and move around familiar territory.
Academic text (1994) -
Inside the bus now, riding in the dark, he felt quiet and peaceful within himself.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lying there wide awake in the dark, I suddenly remembered I was hungry.
Fiction book (1990) -
As night fell, we found ourselves enveloped in the dark, unable to see anything around us.
Synonyms
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A time or place with almost no light
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The time after the sun goes down and before it comes up when it is dark outside
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A place with no light at all
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3.6
Low light or darkness that makes a place feel sad
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A situation with no light at all
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A state with no light at all
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Complete darkness with no light at all
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Complete darkness so you cannot see anything
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A state of dim light when a place looks dark and shadowy
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.5
An invisible substance that does not give off or take in light and pulls things by gravity
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A time in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire when people had less learning and trade
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1.6
A kind of chocolate that has lots of cocoa, little or no milk, and less sugar than milk chocolate
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Meat from the legs and thighs of a bird that is darker and juicier than breast meat
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An evil part of a mysterious power that bad characters use in Star Wars
- Literature
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6.3
In US politics, strongly supporting the Democratic Party, often describing voters or areas that usually vote Democratic
- Informal
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7.1
A joke that treats serious or painful subjects as funny and may upset some people
- Specialized
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6.8
A microscope that makes tiny particles too small for an ordinary microscope appear bright on a dark background
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6.5
The eyes become more sensitive after bright light so you can see in low light
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Harmful effects of modern tools and devices that hurt people and society, for example losing privacy or loneliness
- Slang
A joke name or image that shows US President Joe Biden as powerful and serious in online memes
- Specialized
A way of lighting a sample under a microscope to make tiny things look bright against a dark background
- Specialized
A way to see tiny things under a microscope as bright shapes on a dark background
How Dark
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dark as a noun comes from the same old word deorc meaning 'without light', and people used it to name the time or place where you cannot see. So when we say 'the dark' we mean the time or space that has no light, like night.