Definitions for twilight
ˈtwaɪˌlaɪttwi·light

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle(noun)

   the time of day immediately following sunset

   "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

2. twilight(noun)

   the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth

3. twilight(adj)

   a condition of decline following successes

   "in the twilight of the empire"

4. dusky, twilight(a), twilit(adj)

   lighted by or as if by twilight

   "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. twilight(Noun)

   The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

   I could just make out her face in the twilight.

2. twilight(Noun)

   The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.

   It was twilight by the time I got back home.

3. twilight(Noun)

   Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.

   The twilight of probability. u2014John Locke.

4. twilight(Adjective)

   Pertaining to or resembling twilight

   O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. u2014Alexander Pope.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Twilight(noun)

   the light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18¡ below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

2. Twilight(noun)

   faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed

3. Twilight(adj)

   seen or done by twilight

4. Twilight(adj)

   imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Twilight

   Twilight is the illumination that is produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, illuminating the lower atmosphere when the Sun itself is not directly visible because it is below the horizon, so that the surface of the Earth is neither completely lit nor completely dark. The word "twilight" is also used to denote the periods of time when this illumination occurs. The further the Sun is below the horizon, the dimmer the twilight. When the Sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon, twilight's brightness is nearly zero. Evening twilight ends and night begins. When the Sun again reaches 18 degrees below the horizon, night ends and morning twilight begins. Owing to its distinctive quality, primarily the absence of shadows and the appearance of objects silhouetted against the bright sky, twilight has long been popular with photographers, who refer to it as Sweet Light, and painters, who refer to it as the blue hour, after the French expression l'heure bleue. By analogy with evening twilight, the word "twilight" is also sometimes used metaphorically, to imply that something is losing strength and approaching its end. For example, a very old man may be said to be in the twilight of his life. The collateral adjective for twilight is crepuscular; it is most frequently encountered when applied to certain insects, fishes, and mammals that are most active during that time.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Twilight

   twī′līt, n. the faint light after sunset and before sunrise: an uncertain view: partial darkness.—adj. of twilight: faintly illuminated: obscure.—v.t. to illuminate faintly.—Twilight of the gods, the same as Ragnarök (q.v.). [Lit. ''tween light,' A.S. twí-, from twá, two, and light.]

How to pronounce twilight?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of twilight in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of twilight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of twilight in a Sentence

1. Ezio Auditore da Firenze:

   When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it. And I had love, but I did not feel it. Many decades would pass before I understood the meaning of all three. And now, the twilight of my life, this understanding has passed into contentment. Love, liberty, and time: once so disposable, are the fuels that drive me forward. And love, most especially, mio caro. For you, our children, our brothers and sisters. And for the vast and wonderful world that gave us life, and keeps us guessing. Endless affection, mia Sofia. Forever yours, Ezio Auditore.

2. Theodore Roosevelt:

   Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Chickens are brave till the foxes come at night; mortals are courageous till the death comes at twilight.

4. Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad:

   Frank oh, say can you see, buy the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming. who's bright strips and broad stars, in the parelious night, o'er the rampart's we watched, as the da da, da, da, da, da, and the rocket's red glare, lots of bombs in the air, gave proof to the night, that we still had a flag, oh say does that spangle banner wave, over all-l-l-l-l that's free, over the home, of the land, and the land of the free

5. Hubert Humphrey:

   It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

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