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adjective British English pronunciation: dark /dɑː(r)k/ 
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  1. 1
    lacking light

    a dark and stormy night

    When Maggie woke up, it was still dark.

    completely dark:

    By this time it was ten o'clock and completely dark.

    get/grow dark:

    When they left, it was already starting to get dark (=become dark at the end of a day).

    go dark (=become suddenly dark):

    The room went dark and the cinema screen flickered into life.

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  2. 2
    black, or almost black, in colour

    He was dressed in a dark suit with a white shirt.

    There were dark patches on the walls where water had soaked through.

    She glanced up at the dark clouds above the cliffs.

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    1. a.
      strong and not pale in colour
      dark blue/green/red etc:

      a dark blue jacket

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    2. b.
      dark hair, eyes, or skin are brown or black in colour

      He was tanned and had dark curly hair.

      an attractive dark-haired nurse

      He looked up at her, his dark eyes strangely bright.

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    3. c.
      if a white person is described as being dark, they have brown or black hair and sometimes skin that is not light in colour

      a tall dark man

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  3. 3
    [usually before noun] morally bad, dangerous, or frightening

    I always suspected there was a darker side to his character.

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  4. 4
    [usually before noun] a dark time is one in which people feel frightened, unhappy, and without hope

    during the darkest days of the war

    someone's darkest hour:

    This was the President's darkest hour.

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