twilight

twilight

/ˈtwaɪlaɪt/

1 ​the small amount of light or the period of time at the end of the day after the sun has gone down

in the twilight

It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight.

at twilight

We went for a walk along the beach at twilight.

2 ​the final stage of something when it becomes weaker or less important than it was

She was in the twilight of her career by then.

He spent his twilight years (= the last years of his life) living with his daughter in Bristol.

Collocations

adjective

twilight + noun

preposition

at twilight

in the twilight

into the twilight…

phrases

in the twilight of your career, life, etc.

Idioms

Word Origin

late Middle English: from Old English twi- ‘two’ (used in an obscure sense in this compound) + the noun light.

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