dark
A complete or partial absence of lightA complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
» It was dark under the bridge.
Es war dunkel unter der Brücke. — MUIRIEL
Unter der Brücke war es dunkel. — Esperantostern
Под мостом было темно. — sharptoothed
Під мостом було темно. — aandrusiak
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4 senses(uncountable, usually)A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
Dark surrounds us completely.
Dunkelheit, Dunkel
тьмаtʹma, темнота́temnotá, мракmrak
absence of light or illumination
(uncountable, usually)Ignorance.
We kept him in the dark.
The lawyer was left in the dark as to why the jury was dismissed.
Dunkel
неве́дениеnevédenije
(uncountable, usually)Nightfall.
It was after dark before we got to playing baseball.
Dunkelwerden
темнота́temnotá
(uncountable, usually)A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
Examples
2406 sentencesIt was dark under the bridge.
Під мостом було темно. — aandrusiak
ruПод мостом было темно. — sharptoothed
deEs war dunkel unter der Brücke. — MUIRIEL
It's too dark to play outside.
Занадто темно, щоб гратися надворі. — deniko
ruСлишком темно, чтобы играть на улице. — sharptoothed
Cats can see in the dark.
Коти можуть бачити у темряві. — iceman
ruКошки могут видеть в темноте. — marafon
deKatzen können im Dunkeln sehen. — MUIRIEL
It is dark in that room.
Тут у кімнаті темно. — aandrusiak
ruВ той комнате темно. — odexed
deEs ist dunkel in diesem Zimmer. — raggione
Are you afraid of the dark?
Ви боїтеся темряви? — triantafillou
ruБоишься ли ты темноты? — odexed
deHast du Angst vor der Finsternis? — MUIRIEL
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English derk, derke, dirke, dyrke, from the adjective (see above), or possiblyFrom Middle English derk, derke, dirke, dyrke, from the adjective (see above), or possibly from an unrecorded Old English *dierce, *diercu (“dark, darkness”).
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Forms
plural: darks| Singular | dark |
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uncountable
Synonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- out after dark
- in the dark
- home before dark
- after dark by
- gets dark
- until after dark
- of the dark
- dark by the
- home after dark
- dark by yourself
- be dark by
- alone after dark
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.