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crepuscolo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dusk noun The dim period between sunset and full darkness.
  • nightfall noun The time when day turns to night; dusk.
  • sunset noun The moment the sun goes down below the horizon in the evening.
  • twilight noun The soft, dim light in the sky just before sunrise or, more commonly, just after sunset.

Senses

crepuscolo is used for these senses in English:

  • crepuscule (now, _, rare) Twilight.
  • dusk The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
  • nightfall The close of the day; the coming of night.
  • sunset The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
  • sunset (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
  • twilight Any faint light through which something is seen.

dusk — full definition

  1. noun The dim period between sunset and full darkness.
  2. adj Dim or somewhat dark in colour or light.
  3. verb To grow dim or dark, or to make something so.

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