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Definition: Meaning of, twilight in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈtwʌɪlʌɪt /

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  1. [uncountable] the small amount of light in the sky as the day ends
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  2. [uncountable] the time when day is just starting to become night [=  dusk]
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  3. [singular] the period just before the end of the most active part of someone's life
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  4. twilight world literary a strange situation involving mystery, dishonesty etc
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twilight used in phrases

  • Twilight Zone, the
    1. a US television programme, originally made between 1959 and 1963, and then again in the 1980s, with a different story and characters each week. The stories usually deal with SUPERNATURAL events or SCIENCE FICTION .
  • Twilight of the Gods (noun)
    1. myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil
  • twilight sleep (noun)
    1. a state of general anaesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness; can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine
  • twilight vision (noun)
    1. as in moonlight the ability to see in reduced illumination
  • twilight zone (noun)
    1. the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach
    2. usually containing some features of both the ambiguous region between two categories, states or conditions
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