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- DictionaryBlack/blak/
adjective
- 1. of the very darkest color owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white: "black smoke"
- 2. belonging to or denoting a human group having dark-colored skin, especially of sub-Saharan African ancestry. "he discusses the position of black people in America"
noun
- 1. black color or pigment: "a tray decorated in black and green"
- 2. the situation of not owing money to a bank or of making a profit in a business operation: "I managed to break even in the first six months—quite a short time for a small business to get into the black"
verb
- 1. make (something) black; blacken: "the house was pocked with bullet holes and blacked by smoke"
- 2. refuse to handle (goods), undertake (work), or have dealings with (a person or business) as a way of taking industrial action: dated British "the union blacked the film because overtime was not being paid"
Black is a racialized classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid- to dark brown complexion.
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- — blackly
- — blackness
- in the black
- black out
31 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 black /ˈblæk/ adjective
blacker; blackest
1 black
/ˈblæk/
adjective
noun [noncount]
•the blackness of the night
1
: the dark color of coal or the night sky
[noncount]
•The wall was painted in black.
: making a profit
•The company is finally in the black. [=the company is profitable]
— compare in the red at 2red
[+ object]
1
old-fashioned + literary : to make (something) black
[phrasal verb]
1
: to suddenly become unconscious
•What's the last thing you remember before you blacked out? [=passed out, fainted]
2
black (something) out or black out (something)
adjective. uk / blæk / us. black adjective (COLOUR) Add to word list. A1. being the colour of coal or of the sky on a very dark night: a black jacket. Fewer examples. My black skirt was covered in cat hairs. Complete the form in black ink. You've got a black mark on your nose. She's got a black coat on.
To be considered black in the United States not even half of one's ancestry must be African black. But will one-fourth do, or one-eighth, or less? The nation's answer to the question 'Who is...
Check pronunciation: black. Definition of black adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jun 10, 2020 · CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images. From Beyoncé and Oprah Winfrey to the usually apolitical Michael Jordan, basically every famous black person in America has made some kind of public...
Feb 25, 2014 · To define what’s authentically black is virtually impossible, as there are as many ways to be black as there are black people. 4. Black culture is not proprietary to black people. Many...
