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anoitecer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dark adj Having little or no light.
  • dusk noun The dim period between sunset and full darkness.
  • evening noun The part of the day between afternoon and night.
  • night noun The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise, when the sun is below the horizon.
  • nightfall noun The time when day turns to night; dusk.

Senses

anoitecer is used for these senses in English:

  • dark (uncountable) Nightfall.
  • dusk The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
  • evening The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
  • nightfall The close of the day; the coming of night.

dark — full definition

  1. adj Having little or no light.
  2. adj Deep or intense in shade rather than light and bright.
  3. adj Secretive, sinister, or morally troubling.
  4. noun The absence of light; nightfall.

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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