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# obscurity

«obscurity» in Mova's school dictionary: **The state of being hidden, unknown or unclear** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (obscurities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The state of being hidden, unknown or unclear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscurity/#m1)

2) The state of not being famous or well known. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscurity/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a story whose beginnings are hidden or unknown

### examples

- The origin of the tale is in obscurity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscurity/#x1)
- He lived in obscurity until the book was found. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscurity/#x2)
- The old song fell into obscurity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscurity/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «obscurity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscurity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.