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    twilight
    /ˈtwʌɪlʌɪt/

    noun

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  2. TWILIGHT definition: 1. the period just before it becomes completely dark in the evening: 2. the final part of a…. Learn more.

  3. Twilight definition: the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.. See examples of TWILIGHT used in a sentence.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.