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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-LIGHT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-LIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half-Light 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 HALF-LIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of half-light in the English dictionary

The definition of half-light in the dictionary is a dim light, as at dawn or dusk.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-LIGHT

half-human
half-hunter
half-inch
half-jack
half-joking
half-jokingly
half-leather
half-length
half-lie
half-life
half-line
half-mad
half-marathon
half-mast
half-mile
half-miler
half-minute
half-moon
half-mourning
half-naked

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-LIGHT

back-up light
backlight
bright
come to light
daylight
delight
flashlight
flight
green light
headlight
highlight
in mid-flight
light
moonlight
red light
slight
spotlight
starlight
sunlight
the spotlight
twilight

Synonyms and antonyms of half-light in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «half-light» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-LIGHT

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

Translator English - Chinese

半光
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

media luz
570 millions of speakers

English

half-light
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधा प्रकाश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصف ضوء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полумрак
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

penumbra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মধ্যম আলো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

demi-jour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setengah cahaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zwielicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

薄明かり
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어스름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah lampu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa ánh sáng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை ஒளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्ध प्रकाश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarım ışık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

penombra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

półmroku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

напівтемрява
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jumătate de lumină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ημίφως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half- lig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halv ljus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halvlys
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half-light

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-LIGHT»

The term «half-light» is regularly used and occupies the 63.226 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-LIGHT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «half-light» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «half-light» 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 half-light

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-LIGHT»

Discover the use of half-light in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-light and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Iron Kin: A Novel of the Half-Light City
Imagine a city divided.
M.J. Scott, 2013
2
Shadow Kin: A Novel of the Half-Light City
On one side, the Night World, rules by the Blood Lords and the Beast Kind.
M.J. Scott, 2011
3
Half Light: A Novel
Elisabeth is a picture restorer.
Frances Fyfield, 2014
4
Blood Kin: A Novel of the Half-Light City
From the author of Iron Kin and Shadow Kin--a new novel of fantasy, romance, and adventure.
M.J. Scott, 2012
5
In the Half Light
Troubled and confused about his strange visions, James Molloy, a young poet, embarks on a haunting odyssey of self-awareness as he struggles to deal with his artistic imagination and cope with the schizophrenia that affects his life.
Anthony Lawrence, 2003
6
Half Light: Portraits from Black Australia
HALF LIGHT features the major works of some of Australia's leading artists, many of whom have established international reputations.
Hetti Perkins, Jonathan Jones, 2008
7
Half Light
A terminal disease compels Ariann Centuri to marry the Viceroy of the Galactic Consortium, the only one who can obtain treatment for her, but she is unprepared for the political intrigues on her new husband's planet
Denise Vitola, 1992
8
High-Redshift Galaxies: Light from the Early Universe
In analogy to the normal half-light radius, a “Petrosian half-light radius” is defined as the radius which encloses 50% of the Petrosian flux. For regular galaxies the Petrosian half-light radius is smaller (but of the same order) as the normal ...
Immo Appenzeller, 2009
9
Yeats and the Visual Arts
While we cannot attribute Yeats's streams and hills to the influence of Calvert ( they are too common in art and in Ireland), the half-light that pervades "The Song of Wandering Aengus" and so many other Yeats poems of the 1890s derives not  ...
Elizabeth Bergmann Loizeaux, 2003
10
Impressions in Half-light: Fourteen Tales from the Underside ...
" So begins this stunning collection of short fiction by a writer destined to become an American favorite.
Preston Ford, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-LIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half-light is used in the context of the following news items.
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Going home by way of the Farmers Market | Salisbury Post
I loved that time of day, the wake-up call of Grandma's old red rooster echoing through the morning's half-light. Have you ever heard that once ... «Salisbury Post, Jul 15»
2
Glow worms dying out - because our street lights are too bright
... of a blade of long grass, stick their rear ends in the air and make them glow – the glow is lost in the half-light and the males can't get to see it. «Western Daily Press, Jul 15»
3
Everyman premieres Bright Phoenix
So I chose to write a play that shines a light on the wonderful, nocturnal madness of the city and the characters that dwell in the half-light.” The production also ... «Bay TV Liverpool, Jul 15»
4
How Djokovic won Wimbledon - BBC
... while the roof rolled over Centre, walks around the arena with his golden prize, posing for photographs, flashbulbs popping like fireflies in the half-light. «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
5
Wimbledon 2015: Navratilova inv. doubles - Centre Court - BBC Sport
... while the roof rolled over Centre, walks around the arena with his golden prize, posing for photographs, flashbulbs popping like fireflies in the half-light. «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
6
ON THE BUS: A joyous explosion of green awaits
... in the hush and half-light of the well-groomed paths. But this time I've decided on a couple of lesser-known nearby trails (about 3.2 kilometres ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
7
Bygones: Geoff Alcock recalls his first day as an apprentice at Rolls …
A couple of minutes later, as I approached Uttoxeter Road, I could see through the half-light the outline of seven or eight figures waiting for the ... «Derby Telegraph, Jul 15»
8
The Search for Spaces Beyond the Binaries
In the half-light half-dark pages of this book, the poet is continually testing the “spiny heart” of things, offering us a “small bite of hubris, ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
9
Vagneur: The promise of adventure was too great
In the somber half-light of early morning, the insistent rain splattered down, lashing itself noisily against the wooden shingles and an excitement ... «Aspen Times, Jul 15»
10
Max Cooper and Tom Hodge, Abbey Road Studios
New track, “Teotihuacan (Part 2)”, begins with the dragged drones of a cello, wolf notes in the half-light that prove heart-wrenchingly effective at ... «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Half-Light [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/half-light>. Apr 2024 ».
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