Dark Theatre Black People Adjective Dɑːk Dɑːrk Room/Street/Forest/Night

• a dark room/street/forest/night
• what time does it get dark in summer?
• then the theatre went dark.
• it was dark outside and i couldn't see much.

dark

1. with no or very little light, especially because it is night
• OPPOSITE light
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/light_3
• a dark room/street/forest/night
• What time does it get dark in summer?
• Then the theatre went dark.
• It was dark outside and I couldn't see much.
• The sky was still dark.
• Use lights to illuminate dark corners.

Extra Examples

• It gets dark at about six o'clock.
• As it grew dark, they gathered round the fire.
• It's only three o'clock and it's nearly dark already.
• They stepped into the dark room and shone the torch.
• He stumbled along through the dark forest.
2. not light; closer in shade to black than to white
• OPPOSITE light
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/light_3
• dark blue/green/red/brown
• Darker colours are more practical and don't show stains.
3. having a colour that is close to black
• He wore a dark suit and a plain tie.
• dark-coloured wood
• The dark clouds in the sky meant that a storm was coming.
4. brown or black in colour
• Sue has long dark hair.
• He was handsome with dark eyes.
• Even if you have dark skin, you still need protection from the sun.
5. having dark hair, eyes, etc.
• a dark handsome stranger
6. mysterious; hidden and not known about
• There are no dark secrets in our family.
7. evil or frightening
• There was a darker side to his nature.
• the dark forces of the imagination
• My mind was full of dark thoughts.
8. unpleasant and without any hope that something good will happen
• the darkest days of Fascism
• The film is a dark vision of the future.
• The theatre stayed open even in the darkest days of the war.
9. produced with the back part of the tongue close to the back of the mouth. In many accents of (= ways of pronouncing) English, dark /l/ is used after a vowel, as in ball.
• OPPOSITE clear
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/clear_2
10. a person who does not tell other people much about their life, and who surprises other people by having interesting qualities
11. a person taking part in a race, etc. who surprises everyone by winning
12. to keep something secret and not tell people about it
• He’s got two children? Well he’s kept that dark, hasn’t he!

Word Origin

• Old English deorc, of Germanic origin, probably distantly related to German tarnen ‘conceal’.