- darkness
- nounADJECTIVE▪ complete, pitch, total, utter▪
The building was in pitch darkness.
▪ deep, inky▪the inky darkness of the tunnel
▪ gathering, growing▪It was becoming impossible to see the map in the gathering darkness.
VERB + DARKNESS▪ be plunged into▪The electricity failed and the house was plunged into darkness.
▪ lie in, stand in▪The valley lay in darkness.
▪ penetrate, pierceDARKNESS + VERB▪ close in, come, descend, fall▪We arrived at the town just as darkness fell.
▪ envelop sb/sth, surround sb/sth▪ swallow sb/sth▪The room was swallowed by darkness.
▪ lift▪We waited for the darkness to lift.
PREPOSITION▪ in (the) darkness▪The building was in darkness.
▪Her eyes seemed to glow in the darkness.
▪ into the darkness▪The car disappeared into the darkness.
▪ out of the darkness▪A figure appeared out of the darkness.
PHRASES▪ the hours of darkness▪The bombing took place during the hours of darkness.
▪ under cover of darkness▪They moved from place to place under cover of darkness.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.