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twi·light Listen to audio/ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/ noun
1 [noncount] a : the light from the sky at the end of the day when night is just beginning
The sun set and twilight fell. in the autumn twilight
b : the period when day is ending and night is beginning
We had to stop working at twilight. [=dusk]often used before another noun a twilight baseball game [=a game played at twilight] We heard the birds chirping in the twilight hours.
2 [singular] : a period when something is ending
He's in the twilight of his career. [=the last part of his career]often used before another noun He became less radical in his twilight years.

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