twilight
twilight /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/
adjective
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Lighted by or as if by twilight
(
twilight
, twilit
, dusky
)
lighted by or as if by twilight
The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn
The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn
The twilight glow of the sky
the twilight glow of the sky
A boat on a twilit river
a boat on a twilit river
noun
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(
)
The diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
(
twilight
)
the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
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(
)
The time of day immediately following sunset
(
crepuscle
, crepuscule
, evenfall
, fall
, dusk
, gloam
[Archaic] , gloaming
, nightfall
, twilight
)
the time of day immediately following sunset
He loved the twilight
he loved the twilight
They finished before the fall of night
they finished before the fall of night
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A condition of decline following successes
(
twilight
)
a condition of decline following successes
In the twilight of the empire
in the twilight of the empire