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{
"term": "darkness",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the state of being dark, without any light",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness."
},
{
"text": "The house was plunged into **total darkness** when the electricity was cut off."
},
{
"text": "The sun went down and **darkness fell** *(= it became night)*."
},
{
"text": "There is an extra hour of darkness on winter mornings."
},
{
"text": "Parking is not allowed during the **hours of darkness**."
},
{
"text": "Her face was **in darkness**."
},
{
"text": "They managed to escape **under cover of darkness**."
},
{
"text": "Her eyes seemed to glow in the darkness."
},
{
"text": "It was becoming impossible to see the map in the gathering darkness."
},
{
"text": "The car disappeared into the darkness."
},
{
"text": "The room was swallowed by darkness."
},
{
"text": "The valley lay in darkness."
},
{
"text": "We waited for the darkness to lift."
},
{
"text": "the inky darkness of the tunnel"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["complete", "pitch", "total"],
"verb + darkness": ["be plunged into", "lie in", "stand in"],
"darkness + verb": ["close in", "come", "descend"],
"preposition": [
"in (the) darkness",
"into the darkness",
"out of the darkness"
],
"phrases": ["the hours of darkness", "under cover of darkness"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the quality or state of being dark in colour",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It depends on the darkness of your skin."
}
],
"topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "evil",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the forces of darkness"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɑːknəs/",
"audio": "da/darkness/darkness__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɑːrknəs/",
"audio": "da/darkness/darkness__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}