often attributive
1
:the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust
also:a time of twilight
2
a
:an intermediate state that is not clearly defined
lived in thetwilight of neutrality—
Newsweek
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:a period of decline
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Examples oftwilight in a Sentence
The sun set andtwilight fell. stumbled around thetwilight of the shuttered room, unable to see where she was going
Recent Examples on the WebSeveral key figures - see Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Kyle Walker - are now into thetwilightsof their respective careers and so Guardiola’s team have been unable to play its usual style of high-energy, high-intensity soccer.—Graham Ruthven,Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025Getting to work with Jacobson again in thetwilightof his career has been a thrill, Sirott said.—Robert Channick,Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025From March 5 through March 10, Mercury will set at, or shortly after the end of eveningtwilight, more than 1 hour 30 minutes after sunset for mid-northern latitudes.—Joe Rao,Space.com, 26 Feb. 2025Last Chance To See Venus What's already happened to Saturn is about to happen to Venus, the brightest and most impressive star in thetwilightnight sky.—Jamie Carter,Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025See All Example Sentences fortwilight
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Graham Ruthven,Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025Getting to work with Jacobson again in thetwilightof his career has been a thrill, Sirott said.—Robert Channick,Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025From March 5 through March 10, Mercury will set at, or shortly after the end of eveningtwilight, more than 1 hour 30 minutes after sunset for mid-northern latitudes.—Joe Rao,Space.com, 26 Feb. 2025Last Chance To See Venus What's already happened to Saturn is about to happen to Venus, the brightest and most impressive star in thetwilightnight sky.—Jamie Carter,Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025See All Example Sentences fortwilightWord History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1
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“Twilight.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twilight. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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twilight
nountwi·lightˈtwī-ˌlīt 
:the period or the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night
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