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- DictionaryDark/därk/
adjective
- 1. with little or no light: "it's too dark to see much"
- 2. (of a color or object) not reflecting much light; approaching black in shade: "dark green"
noun
- 1. the absence of light in a place: "Carolyn was sitting in the dark"
- 2. a dark color or shade, especially in a painting: "lights and darks are juxtaposed arbitrarily to create a sense of shallow relief"
Definition of dark adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. the absence of light; darkness: I can't see well in the dark. night; nightfall: Please come home before dark. a color close to black, or something having such a color: Black and white photography has lots of darks. For best results, wash darks separately from whites.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dark1 /dɑːk $ dɑːrk/ S2 W1 adjective (comparative darker, superlative darkest) 1 no light if it is dark, there is little or no light OPP light The church was dark and quiet. the dark winter days Suddenly, the room went dark (=became dark). It gets dark (=night begins) about ten o'clock.
Video Dictionary. English. Dark. The meaning of the English word "dark" and how you use it. 1. dark. (adjective) close to black in color; not light. Add to. Clickable Example Sentences. These examples and translations are created specifically for language learners, and are manually reviewed. Click on words to look them up. This room is so dark .
The dark triad is a psychological theory of personality, first published by Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M. Williams in 2002, [1] that describes three notably offensive, but non-pathological personality types: Machiavellianism, sub-clinical narcissism, and sub-clinical psychopathy.
Synonyms and examples. darkened. We arrived late and had to make our way to our seats in a darkened theatre. dim. He sat in a dim corner of the waiting room. shadowy. I was afraid to walk down the dim, shadowy corridor. pitch black. It was pitch black on our street after the power outage. pitch dark.
noun. uk. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. / dɑːk/ the dark. B1. a lack of light in a place: He’s scared of the dark. before/after dark. B1. before or after it becomes night: She doesn’t let her children out after dark. (Definition of dark from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of dark.
