darkness
US /ˈdɑrknəs/
Definition
absence of light or illumination
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The power cut left the whole office in complete darkness.
Word Family
Synonyms
- blacknessthe quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- glooma state of partial or total darkness
Collocations
- Easy walk in the darknessto walk in the darkness, meaning to use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
- Medium complete darkness after outageto complete darkness after outage, meaning to come or bring to a finish or an end
- Hard emerge from economic darkness into growthto emerge from economic darkness into growth, meaning to come out into view, as from concealment
- Very Hard plunged into utter darkness without warningto plunged into utter darkness without warning, meaning to thrust or throw into
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