Twilight - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈtwaɪlaɪt|
Brit.
|ˈtwaɪlaɪt|
noun
- the time of day immediately following sunset (syn: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, fall, gloaming, nightfall)
- a condition of decline following successes
he loved the 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- a condition of decline following successes
in the twilight of the empire
adjective
Extra examples
The sun set and twilight fell.
...stumbled around the twilight of the shuttered room, unable to see where she was going...
They returned at twilight.
Now both men are in the twilight of their careers.
The end of the cigarette glowed in the twilight.
Depression in the twilight years (=the last years of your life) is usually related to illness.
Homer lived in the twilight of history
We outsat the twilight, attracted by the rich stories of the old statesman.
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