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Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves.
Willa Cather

Meaning of "dark" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DARK

Old English deorc; related to Old High German terchennen to hide.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DARK

dark  [dɑːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DARK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dark is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dark in English.

WHAT DOES DARK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dark

Darkness

Darkness, the polar opposite to brightness, is understood to be an absence of visible light. It is also the appearance of black in a colored space. Humans are unable to distinguish color when either light or darkness predominate. In conditions of insufficient light, perception is achromatic and ultimately, black. The emotional response to darkness has generated metaphorical usages of the term in many cultures.

Definition of dark in the English dictionary

The first definition of dark in the dictionary is having little or no light. Other definition of dark is reflecting or transmitting little light. Dark is also not fair or blond; swarthy; brunette.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DARK

PRESENT

Present
I dark
you dark
he/she/it darks
we dark
you dark
they dark
Present continuous
I am darking
you are darking
he/she/it is darking
we are darking
you are darking
they are darking
Present perfect
I have darked
you have darked
he/she/it has darked
we have darked
you have darked
they have darked
Present perfect continuous
I have been darking
you have been darking
he/she/it has been darking
we have been darking
you have been darking
they have been darking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I darked
you darked
he/she/it darked
we darked
you darked
they darked
Past continuous
I was darking
you were darking
he/she/it was darking
we were darking
you were darking
they were darking
Past perfect
I had darked
you had darked
he/she/it had darked
we had darked
you had darked
they had darked
Past perfect continuous
I had been darking
you had been darking
he/she/it had been darking
we had been darking
you had been darking
they had been darking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dark
you will dark
he/she/it will dark
we will dark
you will dark
they will dark
Future continuous
I will be darking
you will be darking
he/she/it will be darking
we will be darking
you will be darking
they will be darking
Future perfect
I will have darked
you will have darked
he/she/it will have darked
we will have darked
you will have darked
they will have darked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been darking
you will have been darking
he/she/it will have been darking
we will have been darking
you will have been darking
they will have been darking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dark
you would dark
he/she/it would dark
we would dark
you would dark
they would dark
Conditional continuous
I would be darking
you would be darking
he/she/it would be darking
we would be darking
you would be darking
they would be darking
Conditional perfect
I would have dark
you would have dark
he/she/it would have dark
we would have dark
you would have dark
they would have dark
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been darking
you would have been darking
he/she/it would have been darking
we would have been darking
you would have been darking
they would have been darking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dark
we let´s dark
you dark
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dark
Past participle
darked
Present Participle
darking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DARK


arc
ɑːk
at.
ɑːk
bookmark
ˈbʊkˌmɑːk
Clark
klɑːk
dat.
dɑːk
Denmark
ˈdɛnmɑːk
Irak
ɪˈrɑːk
Iraq
ɪˈrɑːk
landmark
ˈlændˌmɑːk
lat.
lɑːk
marc
mɑːk
mark
mɑːk
marque
mɑːk
mat.
mɑːk
park
pɑːk
shark
ʃɑːk
spark
spɑːk
stark
stɑːk
trademark
ˈtreɪdˌmɑːk
watermark
ˈwɔːtəˌmɑːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DARK

dark age
Dark Ages
dark chocolate
Dark Continent
dark current
dark energy
dark glasses
dark horse
dark lantern
dark matter
dark nebula
dark reaction
dark star
dark tourism
dark-complexioned
dark-eyed
dark-field illumination
dark-field microscope
dark-haired

WORDS THAT END LIKE DARK

amusement park
bark
benchmark
business park
car park
Danmark
hallmark
Hyde Park
lark
national park
Newark
out of the ark
Registered Trademark
remark
Steiermark
the mark
the park
theme park
tiger shark
waymark

Synonyms and antonyms of dark in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DARK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dark» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dark

Translation of «dark» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DARK

Find out the translation of dark to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dark from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dark» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黑暗的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oscuro
570 millions of speakers

English

dark
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अंधेरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُظْلِم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

темный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escuro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অন্ধকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sombre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gelap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dunkel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

暗い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어두운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peteng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tối tăm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இருண்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गडद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scuro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ciemny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

темний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

întunecat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκοτεινός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

donker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mörk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mørk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dark

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DARK»

The term «dark» is very widely used and occupies the 1.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of dark
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «dark».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DARK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dark» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dark» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dark

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10 QUOTES WITH «DARK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dark.
1
Steve Allen
Dark energy is perhaps the biggest mystery in physics.
2
Phil Anselmo
I'm glowing in the dark with my studio tan. I've been in a cave of music for months and months and months.
3
Emily Greene Balch
A dark and terrible side of this sense of community of interests is the fear of a horrible common destiny which in these days of atomic weapons darkens men's minds all around the globe.
4
Albert Barnes
We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.
5
Charles A. Beard
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
6
Tim Burton
I started to do stop-motion when I was a kid. You take a Super 8 and make some models, and move, click, move, click. All that. I love all forms of animation, but there is something unique and special to stop-motion: it's more real and the set is lit like a set. But I think it's also a kind of lonely and dark thing to want to do.
7
Carter Burwell
I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.
8
Gary Busey
Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
9
Bryan Callen
I've always wanted to be a brooding, deep, dark artist, but I can never keep that facade going for more than 15 minutes.
10
Willa Cather
Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DARK»

Discover the use of dark in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dark and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dark Hunger
Juliette, a beautiful activist dedicated to freeing caged animals from a secret jungle lab, unwittingly releases Riordan, a caged, insatiable, and immortal Carpathian thirsting for revenge against his captors.
Christine Feehan, 2007
2
The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing
A new theory of ethnic cleansing based on the most terrible cases (colonial genocides, the Nazi Holocaust) and cases of lesser violence (early modern Europe, contemporary India).
Michael Mann, 2005
3
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror ...
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Jane Mayer, 2009
4
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
A journalist explores the homogenization of American culture and the impact of the fast food industry on modern-day health, economy, politics, popular culture, entertainment, and food production.
Eric Schlosser, 2001
5
A Shot in the Dark: Why the P in the DPT Vaccination May be ...
Traces the developmnet of the DPT vaccine, describes its risks, and lists warning signs that a child may be sensitive to it.
Harris L. Coulter, Barbara Loe Fisher, 1991
6
Out of the Dark
The Galactic Hegemony has been around a long time, and it likes stability--the kind of stability that member species like the aggressive, carnivorous Shongairi tend to disturb.
David Weber, 2010
7
Dark Dude
These are the things that will be with you forever.... These are the things that will follow you a thousand miles away.
Oscar Hijuelos, 2009
8
Playing in the Dark
" --Chicago Tribune "Toni Morrison is the closest thing the country has to a national writer." The New York Times Book Review From the Trade Paperback edition.
Toni Morrison, 2007
9
Dark Life
When fifteen-year-old Ty, who has always lived on the ocean floor, joins Topside girl Gemma in the frontier's underworld to seek and stop outlaws who threaten his home, they learn that the government may pose an even greater threat.
Kat Falls, 2011
10
A Hunger Like No other
After 150 years of hellish torture at the hands of the vampire horde, Lachlain, king of the Lykae (werewolf) clan, escapes his captors.
Kresley Cole, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DARK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dark is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Star Wars: Dark Disciple Review
All of which is my lead up to saying that the new Star Wars novel, Dark Disciple, offers a welcome return to The Clone Wars era. I've been ... «IGN, Jul 15»
2
Activision Adding Dark Edition Of 'Skylanders: Super Chargers'
Dark Hammer Slamming Bowser is an exclusive Amiibo for the Wii version of "Skylanders: Super Chargers Dark Edition." Activision/Handout. «International Business Times, Jul 15»
3
'Vampires' keep doctors in the dark for fear of stereotyping, study finds
It is not easy being a vampire, and even harder to come out of the coffin to a physician or therapist for fear they will misinterpret the habit of ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
4
Galactic radio jets and dark matter
The afterglow of the Big Bang points to invisible dark matter, in places where ... Dark matter is invisible, and no one knows exactly what it is. «EarthSky, Jul 15»
5
Pluto's Dark Spots Puzzle Scientists, But NASA's New Horizons …
The images show the full extent of a continuous swath of dark terrain that wraps around much of Pluto's equatorial region. The western end of ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
What's up next for OITNB's Ruby Rose?
Check out the exclusive first look, above, of the Aussie in her upcoming guest-starring role on Syfy's space thriller, Dark Matter. Rose will play ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
7
12 scary things which happen when you go on the 'Dark Web'
Scare stories about the 'dark web' are common – but what actually happens when you go 'off piste' into the parts of the internet Google doesn't ... «Metro, Jul 15»
8
Miley Cyrus experiments with glow in the dark contact lenses in …
But the 22-year-old party-hard star was virtually glowing in the dark on Tuesday night as she slipped into luminous contact lenses to hit Sound ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
Power outages Tuesday night leave residents in the dark
Power outages in the Campus West neighborhood and surrounding areas Tuesday night left thousands of residents in the dark. Crews were ... «The Coloradoan, Jul 15»
10
'Once Upon A Time' Season 5 Spoilers: Dark Emma Featured In …
Entertainment Weekly recently revealed the first pictures of Jennifer Morrison as Dark Swan and we must say it's pretty fierce. But don't expect ... «Latin Times, Jul 15»

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