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How to pronounce “dark”
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Pronunciation guide for dark
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dark with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Dark Matter and Dark Energy
physics and he's going to speak on dark
- Definition summary
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce dark
Dark Matter and Dark Energy

physics and he's going to speak on dark
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “dark”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
- [Noun]
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To grow or become dark, darken.
- (intransitive) To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
- (transitive) To make dark, darken; to obscure.
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