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black Noun

— The darkest color; with no light; the color of the sky at night. He stood alone in the black of the night. — Blacks are people of a race with dark coloured skin. There were many whites, some blacks and native Americans, and a few Asians. — If a company is in the black, it is making a profit. (opposite = in the red) It took a year for the restaurant to get in the black.

black Adjective

— colored black The black dog was the color of night. — If someone is black, they belong to a race with dark-coloured skin. It's still difficult for a black person to become a manager. About 30 percent of Southfield's 80,000 citizens are black. — About a race with dark-coloured skin. More and more universities are offering courses in black history. — Black coffee or tea has no milk in it. — If something is black, it is very bad. The day the war started was a black day in history.

black Verb

— If you black something, you color it black. He blacked his boots before the party. They blacked out the windows so the light would not be seen outside. A number of lines in the report were blacked out. — If you black out, you stop seeing and hearing everything around you and you fall down. After his tenth beer, he blacked out and we couldn't wake him up.

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and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

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white Noun

— White is one of the colors people can see — The white or clear colored part inside an egg. — A person with fair (light) colored skin. Usually this means people of the race that began in Europe, especially northern Europe.

white Adjective

— Something that is colored white — Of a race with light skin or the race that began in Europe, especially northern Europe.

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copy Noun

— A copy of something looks or acts like it. They took the diamond and replaced it with a cheap copy. — A copy of a book, newspaper, painting, etc. is one of many that are exactly the same. Please bring me the copies of those reports.

copy Verb

— If you copy something, you make something look exactly the same as it. Good artists copy. Great artists steal. She copies the tests on the photocopier.

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