TWILIGHT


Meaning of TWILIGHT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ twaɪlaɪt ]

1.

Twilight is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark.

= dusk

N-UNCOUNT

2.

Twilight is the small amount of light that there is outside just after the sun has gone down.

...the deepening autumn twilight.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

The twilight of a particular period of time is the final stages of it, when the most important events have already happened.

Now both men are in the twilight of their careers...

N-SING : the N of n , N n

4.

A twilight state or a twilight zone is a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories.

They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees.

ADJ : ADJ n

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