| NOUN | time | twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle | the time of day immediately following sunset |
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| phenomenon | twilight | the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth | |
| state | twilight | a condition of decline following successes | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | twilight, dusky, twilit | lighted by or as if by twilight |
| Sounds | tway'lay.t | |
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| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | lighted by or as if by twilight. | |
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| Example | "the twilight glow of the sky" | |
| Synonyms | dusky, twilit | |
| Broader | dark | Devoid of or deficient in light or brightness |
| Spanish | crepuscular | |
| Catalan | crepuscular | |
| Meaning | The time of day immediately following sunset. | |
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| Example | "he loved the twilight" | |
| Synonyms | dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle | |
| Part of | evening, eve, even, eventide | The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) |
| Narrower | night | A shortening of nightfall |
| Broader | hour, time of day | clock time |
| Spanish | anochecer, anochecida, anochecido, atardecer, atardecida, crepuscle, crepúsculo, evenfall, gloam, ocaso | |
| Catalan | capvespre, crepuscle, crepuscle vespertí, evenfall, gloam, vespre | |
| Meaning | The diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth. | |
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| Broader | light, visible light, visible radiation | (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation |
| Spanish | crepúsculo | |
| Catalan | crepuscle | |
| Meaning | A condition of decline following successes. | |
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| Example | "in the twilight of the empire" | |
| Broader | decline, declination | A condition inferior to an earlier condition |
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