TWILIGHT


Meaning of TWILIGHT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtwī-ˌlīt ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Date: 15th century

1. : the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust ; also : a time of twilight

2.

a. : an intermediate state that is not clearly defined

lived in the twilight of neutrality — Newsweek

b. : a period of decline

the twilight of a great career

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.