twilight
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
:
crepúsculo
- As the sun dipped below the horizon, the sky filled with a beautiful twilight that cast a serene glow over the landscape.
- twilight sky
- twilight glow
- twilight hours
It is noon, but the sun is in eternal twilight mode here in the northern part of our planet.
- It is noon, but the sun is in eternal twilight mode here in the northern part of our planet.
- I heard something to him I thought was beautiful, which was that twilight refers to dusk and dawn.
- This is why I always in yoga brahmamurtham you should be up because twilight starts then.
- And when it's out, the sun is still sort of lighting up the sky a little bit during twilight.
- slowly, the perception will go into you. This is why always in Yoga Brahma Mortham, you should be up because twilight starts then
- Sorry, the lyric get kissed out on the moonlit floor or on the moonlit floor or under the Milky twilight.
- We could have read or relax or concentrate, which is kind of blue or energize or Arctic Aurora, Savannah, sunset, tropical twilight.
- And also for diurnal animals which are hunter gatherers, the only time actually they have to hunt is twilight time.
- And maybe I tell that little, you know, bring somehow it just it seemed like in twilight and it seemed like a way to end the opera.
Examples
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Three bright planets gather in the evening twilight for one of the best planetary conjunctions of 2005.
Academic text (2005) -
I could easily see the beautiful twilight layering along the horizon.
Academic text (2007) -
All right, it was well past the end of civil twilight and there was no moon up tonight.
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The summer has the longest twilight of the year.
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In New Orleans, it starts during the twilight hours in late April.
Academic text (2003) -
Out there by the river, it seemed that silvery twilight would last for hours.
Fiction book (1992) -
At sunset, I wander through the village, glowing in the twilight and so quiet.
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When they pull into the driveway, twilight has already descended over the bare hedges.
Academic text (2007) -
The sun had set; violet, shadowless twilight yielded to darkness under the trees.
Fiction book (1990) -
As Saturn dips into the western twilight glow in May, Venus rises up.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
75
1.0
The time just after the sun goes down before it is fully dark
65
2.1
The time in the evening when it becomes dark and night begins
3
1.1
The latter part of the day when it becomes dark
2
9.9
The soft light after sunset before it becomes dark
1
3.5
The time after the sun goes down when the sky is partly light
The time after sunset when it is partly dark
The time after sunset when the sky is not dark yet
Dim light in the sky just after sunset
The time just after sunset when the sky gets dark
The time just before it becomes dark
Antonyms
Compounds
How Bright
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Morphology
Etymology
Twilight comes from old parts twi- meaning 'two' and light, so it pictures the 'between' or 'half' light when day meets night. So twilight means the soft, spread-out light just before sunrise or after sunset.