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- Dictionarytwilight/ˈtwʌɪlʌɪt/
noun
- 1. the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere: "she looked out on the beautiful twilight" Similar
- 2. a period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline: "he was in the twilight of his career" Similar Opposite
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Meaning of twilight in English. twilight. noun. uk / ˈtwaɪ.laɪt / us / ˈtwaɪ.laɪt / twilight noun (EVENING) Add to word list. [ U ] the period just before it becomes completely dark in the evening: the twilight I could make out a dark figure in the twilight. Stephen Hansen/EyeEm/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of TWILIGHT is 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.
the soft, diffused light lights from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall. the period in the morning or, more commonly, in the evening during which this light lights prevails.
3 days ago · the period of time during which the sun is a specified angular distance below the horizon (6°, 12°, and 18° for civil twilight, nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight, respectively)
The time just after sunset, when the light is half-faded, but the world is not yet totally dark, is twilight. If you are between two states, like asleep and awake, that can also be called a twilight moment. Twilight comes just before the night falls.
TWILIGHT definition: the time just before it becomes completely dark in the evening. Learn more.
twilight - The time of two lights, the fading sunset and the emerging light of the moon and stars; there are three sequential stages of twilight: civil twilight, nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight.
a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things. the twilight world of the occult. The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings. the twilight zone between living and merely existing.
noun. The subdued light just after sunset or, in less common usage, just before sunrise. Webster's New World. The diffused light from the sky during the early evening or early morning when the sun is below the horizon and its light is refracted by the earth's atmosphere. American Heritage. Similar definitions. The period from sunset to dark.
1 the faint light or the period of time at the end of the day after the sun has gone down It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight. We went for a walk along the beach at twilight.
