twilight
twi|light /tw'aɪlaɪt/
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Twilight is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark.
= dusk
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Twilight is the small amount of light that there is outside just after the sun has gone down.
...the deepening autumn twilight.
3 [N-SING] the N of n, N n
The twilight of a particular period of time is the final stages of it, when the most important events have already happened.
Now both men are in the twilight of their careers...
4 [ADJ] ADJ n
A twilight state or a twilight zone is a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories.
They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Twilight is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark.
= dusk
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Twilight is the small amount of light that there is outside just after the sun has gone down.
...the deepening autumn twilight.
3 [N-SING] the N of n, N n
The twilight of a particular period of time is the final stages of it, when the most important events have already happened.
Now both men are in the twilight of their careers...
4 [ADJ] ADJ n
A twilight state or a twilight zone is a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories.
They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees.