English > dusk: 2 senses > noun 1, timeMeaning | The time of day immediately following sunset. |
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Synonyms | twilight, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle |
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Part of | evening, eve, even, eventide | The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) |
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Narrower | night | A shortening of nightfall |
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Broader | hour, time of day | clock time |
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Spanish | anochecer, anochecida, anochecido, atardecer, atardecida, crepuscle, crepúsculo, evenfall, gloam, ocaso |
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Catalan | capvespre, crepuscle, crepuscle vespertí, evenfall, gloam, vespre |
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Adjectives | dusky | lighted by or as if by twilight |
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