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dark

 
/dɑrk/ adj [-er/-est only] (WITHOUT LIGHT)

Definition

with little or no light, or having little brightness: It was too dark to see much of anything. What time does it get dark in the summer? Dark colors have less white in them: a dark blue dress dark hair/eyes darkness
 
/ˈdɑrk·nəs/ n [U]
The city was plunged into darkness by the power blackout.
(Definition of dark adj (WITHOUT LIGHT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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