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twilight
The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the…
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noun
The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
“I could just make out her face in the twilight.”
The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
“It was twilight by the time I got back home.”
The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.
“The twilight of one's life”
verb
To illuminate faintly.
adjective
Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure.
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I could just make out her face in the twilight.
It was twilight by the time I got back home.
The twilight of one's life
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