- the state of being dark, without any light
- After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness.
- The house was plunged into total darkness when the electricity was cut off.
- The sun went down and darkness fell (= it became night).
- There is an extra hour of darkness on winter mornings.
- Parking is not allowed during the hours of darkness.
- Her face was in darkness.
- They managed to escape under cover of darkness.
Extra Examples- Her eyes seemed to glow in the darkness.
- It was becoming impossible to see the map in the gathering darkness.
- The car disappeared into the darkness.
- The room was swallowed by darkness.
- The valley lay in darkness.
- We waited for the darkness to lift.
- the inky darkness of the tunnel
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- pitch
- total
- …
- be plunged into
- lie in
- stand in
- …
- close in
- come
- descend
- …
- in (the) darkness
- into the darkness
- out of the darkness
- …
- the hours of darkness
- under cover of darkness
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- the quality or state of being dark in colour
- It depends on the darkness of your skin.
- (literary) evil
- the forces of darkness
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