darkness in English: The state of having no light at all. (noun)

Translation

The state of having no light at all.

Word origin

From Old English deorcnes, formed from deorc, the old word for dark.

lights .

"In darkness" means with no light.

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Here "darkness" is the dark space outside.

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"Darkness" has no plural, so we do not say "darknesses".

dark

With little or no light.

night

The dark part of each day, when the sun is down and people sleep.

light

Light is the brightness from the sun, a fire, or a lamp that lets us see things.

black

Having the colour of the night sky, the darkest of all colours.

shadow

The dark shape on the ground that appears when something stands between the light and the ground.

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