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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 meaning: 1 : having the very dark color of coal or the night sky; 2 : very dark because there is no light
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.
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. She saved her black dress for special occasions. black adjective (PERSON) A2.
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...
Definition of black adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Oct 18, 2022 · Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting...
Jun 10, 2020 · (More on the story with Asian and Hispanic Americans in a bit — it’s complicated.) 1. Pew polling from 2016 and 2017 also showed that black people were significantly more likely than other...
