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If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. That's the whole point. The gloaming has begun. We're in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history.
Thom Yorke

Meaning of "gloaming" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GLOAMING

Old English glōmung, from glōm; related to Old Norse glāmr moon.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GLOAMING

gloaming  [ˈɡləʊmɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLOAMING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gloaming is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GLOAMING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gloaming

Gloaming or 'The Gloaming may refer to: ▪ Gloaming, or twilight, the time after sunset and before dark, celebrated in Harry Lauder's Roamin' In The Gloamin' ▪ Gloaming, a famous Australian-bred racehorse who was owned, trained and based in New Zealand ▪ "Gloaming",the final song in Four Last Songs, by Richard Strauss ▪ The Gloaming, the subtitle of Radiohead's album Hail to the Thief and the title of one of its tracks ▪ The Gloaming, an Irish traditional music group...

Definition of gloaming in the English dictionary

The definition of gloaming in the dictionary is twilight or dusk.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLOAMING


antifoaming
ˌæntɪˈfəʊmɪŋ
assuming
əˈsjuːmɪŋ
beachcombing
ˈbiːtʃˌkəʊmɪŋ
becoming
bɪˈkʌmɪŋ
charming
ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ
coaming
ˈkəʊmɪŋ
coming
ˈkʌmɪŋ
gaming
ˈɡeɪmɪŋ
homecoming
ˈhəʊmˌkʌmɪŋ
homing
ˈhəʊmɪŋ
performing
pəˈfɔːmɪŋ
programming
ˈprəʊɡræmɪŋ
re-homing
ˌriːˈhəʊmɪŋ
roaming
ˈrəʊmɪŋ
scroming
ˈskrəʊmɪŋ
streaming
ˈstriːmɪŋ
swimming
ˈswɪmɪŋ
timing
ˈtaɪmɪŋ
upcoming
ˌʌpˈkʌmɪŋ
Wyoming
waɪˈəʊmɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLOAMING

gloam
gloat
gloater
gloating
gloatingly
glob
global
global community
global dimming
global positioning system
global product
global reach
global rule
global search
global village
global warming
globalism
globalist
globalization
globalize

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLOAMING

advergaming
beaming
benaming
daydreaming
dreaming
exergaming
farming
flaming
framing
gleaming
grooming
instreaming
mainstreaming
picture-framing
screaming
shaming
social gaming
steaming
taming
undreaming

Synonyms and antonyms of gloaming in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GLOAMING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gloaming» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gloaming

Translation of «gloaming» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLOAMING

Find out the translation of gloaming to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gloaming from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gloaming» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暮色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crepúsculo
570 millions of speakers

English

gloaming
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धुँधलका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغسق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сумерки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crepúsculo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গোধূলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crépuscule
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersemangat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dämmerung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

薄暮
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

땅거미
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gloaming
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chạng vạng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாலை ஒளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्लोइंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alaca karanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crepuscolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zmierzch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сутінки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amurg
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λυκόφως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

halflig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gloaming
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gloaming
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gloaming

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLOAMING»

The term «gloaming» is regularly used and occupies the 98.571 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLOAMING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gloaming» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gloaming» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gloaming

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QUOTES WITH «GLOAMING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gloaming.
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Thom Yorke
If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. That's the whole point. The gloaming has begun. We're in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLOAMING»

Discover the use of gloaming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gloaming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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In The Gloaming: Stories
Stories deal with a mother caring for her adult son as he is dying from AIDS, a man tempted to cheat on his pregnant wife, the confused memories of an Alzheimer's patient, and a woman leading an unfulfilled life in a safe marriage.
Alice Elliott Dark, 2001
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Beauties of the Gloaming
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Harvey Austin Fuller, 2011
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Enter the Gloaming
Two women are guests for the ceremony of an old Vietnamese gentleman one evening in a Louisiana cemetery.
Madame Water Rat, 2013
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At Gloaming: Poems by Larry Schug
At. Gloaming. Watching four deer come out of the woods at gloaming, graze in a pasture, purple with alfalfaflowers and twilight, a woman, finally able to sit a minute, breathes the sweet evening; her sleeping children,awake inher thoughts,  ...
Larry Schug, 2014
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The Gloaming Limn
In the gloaming limn there are things like darkness, because it is told what terrible things are coming to everyone. And then there are promises made--despite all of the darkness--of good things to come. And it is explained, to everyone's ...
Jared Leys
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Gathered in the Gloaming
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
T. (Thomas) Westwood, 2012
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The Gloaming
Praise for 'The Gloaming' “jw tarin fuses the musicality of language with vivid, sometimes graphic, imagery. The result is a sensory experience that leaves the reader with emotional aftershocks. I love this writer. His is a true voice for the new  ...
jw tarin
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A Beckett Canon
Gloaming". (revised. as. Rough. for. Theatre. I). Originally entitled "The Beggar and the Cripple" (which I prefer), the play resurrects an old topos of a blind man and a lame man, who together function as a whole man. (In Beckett's manuscript B ...
Ruby Cohn, 2001
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Caregiving: Readings in Knowledge, Practice, Ethics, and ...
Chapter. 1. In. the. Gloaming. Alice. Elliott. Dark. Her son wanted to talk again, suddenly. During the days, he still brooded, scowling at the swimming pool from the vantage point of his wheel chair, where he sat covered with blankets in spite of ...
Suzanne Gordon, Patricia E. Benner, Nel Noddings, 1996
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Light in the Gloaming, by the Author of 'One of These Little ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Kathleen Mary Smith, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLOAMING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gloaming is used in the context of the following news items.
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An overview of the latest news from the sciences; be afraid
Earlier gloaming brings more time for reading and reflection (for those still interested in those things), and to get back in practice I've been ... «Athens NEWS, Jul 15»
2
England's glove-hate relationship with Brad Haddin keeps bubbling
... in the gloaming an abandonment of Waugh's First Dictum, which states that night-watchmen are essentially un-manly, limp, craven, English, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Hollywood Goes Ding-Dong Crazypants
In the long gloaming evening of a warm California night, this new friendship appears to be off to a roaring start. Even Alex and Emily, who had ... «TheTyee.ca, Jul 15»
4
Can Gasquet shed his 'nearly man' tag?
... Novak Djokovic when the last of the gentlemen's singles quarter-finals came to such a dramatic conclusion in the gloaming on Wednesday. «Wimbledon, Jul 15»
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Off the Grid, in the Studio
That's when we noticed the first head, a mere silhouette through the stage lights, rising in the gloaming like a moonflower, then a second, a third, another, and ... «Volume One, Jul 15»
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Djokovic comes back to advance to Wimbledon quarter-final
In the gloaming of yesterday night, it looked very much like darkness was descending also on Novak Djokovic's defence of his men's title. Two sets down to ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
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Sidebottom rubber-stamps Yorkshire title credentials
... and stamina, and threatening briefly to claim all ten wickets in the innings, Warwickshire's batsmen were routed in the gloaming at Edgbaston ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
8
Bodo: Evening surprise at the All England Club
Wimbledon officials were aware of this, so they advised both men that should their match drag on into the gloaming, it would be moved to ... «ESPN.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Travels on the Run: Marseille
... Corniche Président John F. Kennedy, Marseille's main coastal road, and all at once the gloaming beauty of the Mediterranean engulfs me. «National Geographic Traveler Magazine, Jul 15»
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International 1916 Rising Centenary events announced
The Irish Arts Center in New York will run an expanded program of activity in 2016 including artists such as the Gloaming, Corn Exchange and ... «IrishCentral, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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