{
    "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
}