"obscurity" meaning in Englisch

See obscurity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-us-obscurity.ogg
  1. Unklarheit, Zweideutigkeit, Doppeldeutigkeit
    Sense id: de-obscurity-en-noun-vC-pX88u
  2. Finsternis
    Sense id: de-obscurity-en-noun-iph6YtYc
  3. Anonymität
    Sense id: de-obscurity-en-noun-ppFmuR2A
  4. Verschleierung
    Sense id: de-obscurity-en-noun-6KrN6rP~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: opacity, dimness, indistinctness, anonymity Translations (Anonymität): Anonymität (Deutsch) Translations (Finsternis): Finsternis (Deutsch) Translations (Unklarheit, Zweideutigkeit, Doppeldeutigkeit): Unklarheit (Deutsch), Zweideutigkeit (Deutsch), Doppeldeutigkeit (Deutsch) Translations (Verschleierung): Verschleierung (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "clarity"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "obviousness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "celebrity"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Roter Audiolink",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Substantiv (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "expressions": [
    {
      "word": "fade into obscurity"
    },
    {
      "word": "sink into obscurity"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ob",
        "scu",
        "ri",
        "ty"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Unklarheit, Zweideutigkeit, Doppeldeutigkeit"
      ],
      "id": "de-obscurity-en-noun-vC-pX88u",
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "author": "H. G. Wells",
          "edition": "8.",
          "isbn": "9780451530653",
          "italic_text_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "publisher": "Signet Classics",
          "ref": "H. G. Wells: The War of the Worlds. 8. Auflage. Signet Classics, ISBN 9780451530653",
          "text": "\"\"What hasn't?\" In the obscurity I could see he made a gesture of despair. \"",
          "title": "The War of the Worlds"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Finsternis"
      ],
      "id": "de-obscurity-en-noun-iph6YtYc",
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "italic_text_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "text": "The scientist toiled in obscurity before his ingenious proof of the famous problem brought him fame overnight."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anonymität"
      ],
      "id": "de-obscurity-en-noun-ppFmuR2A",
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Verschleierung"
      ],
      "id": "de-obscurity-en-noun-6KrN6rP~",
      "sense_index": "4"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-us-obscurity.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4a/En-us-obscurity.ogg/En-us-obscurity.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-obscurity.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "US-amerikanisch"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "opacity"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "dimness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "indistinctness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "anonymity"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Unklarheit, Zweideutigkeit, Doppeldeutigkeit",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Unklarheit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Unklarheit, Zweideutigkeit, Doppeldeutigkeit",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Zweideutigkeit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Unklarheit, Zweideutigkeit, Doppeldeutigkeit",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Doppeldeutigkeit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Finsternis",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "Finsternis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Anonymität",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "Anonymität"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Verschleierung",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "Verschleierung"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obscurity"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "clarity"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "obviousness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "celebrity"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "expressions": [
    {
      "word": "fade into obscurity"
    },
    {
      "word": "sink into obscurity"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ob",
        "scu",
        "ri",
        "ty"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Unklarheit, Zweideutigkeit, Doppeldeutigkeit"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "author": "H. G. Wells",
          "edition": "8.",
          "isbn": "9780451530653",
          "italic_text_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "publisher": "Signet Classics",
          "ref": "H. G. Wells: The War of the Worlds. 8. Auflage. Signet Classics, ISBN 9780451530653",
          "text": "\"\"What hasn't?\" In the obscurity I could see he made a gesture of despair. \"",
          "title": "The War of the Worlds"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Finsternis"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "italic_text_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "text": "The scientist toiled in obscurity before his ingenious proof of the famous problem brought him fame overnight."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anonymität"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Verschleierung"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-us-obscurity.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4a/En-us-obscurity.ogg/En-us-obscurity.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-obscurity.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "US-amerikanisch"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "opacity"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "dimness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "indistinctness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "anonymity"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Unklarheit, Zweideutigkeit, Doppeldeutigkeit",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Unklarheit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Unklarheit, Zweideutigkeit, Doppeldeutigkeit",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Zweideutigkeit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Unklarheit, Zweideutigkeit, Doppeldeutigkeit",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Doppeldeutigkeit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Finsternis",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "Finsternis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Anonymität",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "Anonymität"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Verschleierung",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "Verschleierung"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obscurity"
}

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