noun, adjective
noun [U]
1 the faint light or the period of time at the end of the day after the sun has gone down:
It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight. * We went for a walk along the beach at twilight.
2 the ~ (of sth) (written) the final stage of sth when it becomes weaker or less important than it was:
the twilight years (= the last years of your life)
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 (written) used to describe a state in which things are strange and mysterious, or where things are kept secret and do not seem to be part of the real world:
the twilight world of the occult * They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society. * The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings.
2 used to describe a situation or area of thought that is not clearly defined
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for twilight is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does twilight appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — twilight appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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