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twilight Noun 1. the soft dim light that occurs when the sun is just below the horizon after sunset 2. the period in which this light occurs: soon after twilight we started marching again 3. a period in which strength, importance, etc., is gradually declining: the twilight of his political career Adjective 1. of or relating to the period towards the end of the day: the twilight shift 2. of or being a period of decline: he spent most of his twilight years working on a history of France 3. denoting irregularity and obscurity: a twilight existence [Old English twi- half + light] twilit adj The periods of incomplete darkness following sunset and preceding sunrise. Twilight is designated as civil, nautical or astronomical, as the darker limit occurs when the center of the sun is 6 deg, 12 deg or 18 deg, respectively, below the celestial horizon. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
twilight noun 1. dusk, evening, sunset, early evening, nightfall, sundown, gloaming Scot. (poetic) close of day, evo Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE dawn Translations n twilight [ˈtwailait] 1 (the time of) the dim light just before the sun rises or just after it sets. skemer غَسَق здрач šero tusmørke; skumring die Dämmerung λυκαυγές, λυκόφως crepúsculo; luz del alba koidik, videvik گرگ و میش aamurusko, iltahämärä aube naissante; crépuscule דִמדוּמִים धुंधला प्रकाश sumrak, suton szürkület senjakala ljósaskipti crepuscolo 薄明 (해 뜨기 전이나 해 진 후의) 어스름 prieblanda, sutemos krēsla; mijkrēslis cahaya samar-samar schemering skumring, tussmørke brzask, zmrok crepúsculo amurg, crepuscul сумерки šero mrak sumrak gryning, skymning, halvdager ช่วงเวลาหลังจากพระอาทิตย์ตกหรือก่อนฟ้าสาง alaca karanlık 曙光,暮光 сутінки, присмерки; напівтемрява جھٹپٹا، دھندلکا lúc choạng vạng 曙光,暮光 2 the time when the full strength or power of something is decreasing in the twilight of his life. najaar فَتْرَة ضَعْف القُوَّه، إنخِفاض القُوَّه залез soumrak nedgangsperiode der Dämmerzustand λυκόφως, παρακμή ocaso, decadencia, declinación koidik افول elämän ehtoo crépuscule, déclin דִמדוּמִים आखिरी अवस्था suton alkony masa tua hnignun crepuscolo, tramonto 衰退期 쇠퇴기, 황혼기 saulėlydis (mūža) novakare masa-masa akhir schemering sluttperiode, nedgangstid zmierzch, schyłek crepúsculo declin, amurg период заката súmrak somrak sumrak skymning, kväll ช่วงเวลาสุดท้าย çöküş devri 沒落時代,衰年 схил; захід چل چلاؤ، چراغ سحر lúc thoái trào 没落时代,衰年 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. They met daily in that strange and solemn interval, the twilight of the morning, in the violet or pink dawn; for it was necessary to rise early, so very early, here. The intervening space was empty--a paved solitude, between lofty edifices, which threw almost a twilight shadow over it. |
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