how to pronounce dark

/ˈdɑːɹk/

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dark is pronounced in one syllable

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ɑː

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An example use of dark in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… a phd is a dark time in most people's …”

meaning of dark

Dark means the absence of light.

dark frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word dark occurs in english on average 172.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dark can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dark can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;