dark
- adjective
- /dɑrk/
- Jargon
- Last night, the venue remained dark, with no performances scheduled after the matinee.
- go dark
- the theater was dark
- the house was dark
Most shop windows on our journey are dark and shut tight, but once in a while we see something inside the shops.
- Most shop windows on our journey are dark and shut tight, but once in a while we see something inside the shops.
Examples
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We can't have the theatre dark.
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- Dark, cool theater does sound nice right now.
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The building will be dark.
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The theater was tiny and dark, and it took a second for my eyes to adjust to the light.
Fiction book (2000) -
In the dark theater, she sat and stared at the screen, unable to follow the film.
Fiction book (1993) -
CUT TO THE LOBBY OF THE PANDORA as DANNY hurries out of the dark theater.
Fiction book (1993) -
The theater will be dark until next week when the new show opens.
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For a few hours, the old cinema was dark between screenings, leaving only the cleaning crew inside.
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
An invisible substance that does not give off or take in light and pulls things by gravity
A time in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire when people had less learning and trade
A kind of chocolate that has lots of cocoa, little or no milk, and less sugar than milk chocolate
Meat from the legs and thighs of a bird that is darker and juicier than breast meat
An evil part of a mysterious power that bad characters use in Star Wars
- Literature
In US politics, strongly supporting the Democratic Party, often describing voters or areas that usually vote Democratic
- Specialized
A microscope that makes tiny particles too small for an ordinary microscope appear bright on a dark background
- Specialized
The eyes become more sensitive after bright light so you can see in low light
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
- Informal
A joke that treats serious or painful subjects as funny and may upset some people
How Open
- Jargon
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dark for a theater that is not open comes from the simple idea of 'no lights' from the old word deorc: when the stage has no light it is closed. So when a venue is dark it means there are no shows and the lights are off.