Twilight (Noun)
Meaning 1
A condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
The diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- The city was bathed in the soft, warm light of twilight as the sun dipped below the horizon.
- As I stood on the hill, I watched the stars begin to twinkle in the twilight sky.
- The twilight hour was my favorite time to take a walk along the beach, when the air was cool and the crowds were gone.
- In the stillness of twilight, the world seemed to hold its breath, as if waiting for the night to begin.
- The photographer set up her tripod to capture the magical colors of the twilight sky, with its hues of pink and gold.
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
The time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.