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PRONUNCIATION OF TWILIT

twilit  [ˈtwaɪlɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TWILIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Twilit is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TWILIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of twilit in the English dictionary

The definition of twilit in the dictionary is illuminated by the soft diffused light occurring when the sun is just below the horizon, esp following sunset.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TWILIT


billet
ˈbɪlɪt
dinoflagellate
ˌdaɪnəʊˈflædʒɪlɪt
distillate
ˈdɪstɪlɪt
eyelet
ˈaɪlɪt
filet
ˈfɪlɪt
fillet
ˈfɪlɪt
gillet
ˈdʒɪlɪt
islet
ˈaɪlɪt
millet
ˈmɪlɪt
Millett
ˈmɪlɪt
pistillate
ˈpɪstɪlɪt
playlet
ˈpleɪlɪt
quillet
ˈkwɪlɪt
rillet
ˈrɪlɪt
skillet
ˈskɪlɪt
smilet
ˈsmaɪlɪt
stylet
ˈstaɪlɪt
toilet
ˈtɔɪlɪt
umbellate
ˈʌmbɪlɪt
willet
ˈwɪlɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TWILIT

twigless
twiglike
twigloo
twigsome
twilight
twilight hours
Twilight of the Gods
twilight sleep
twilight world
twilight zone
twill
twilly
twin
twin bed
twin beds
twin bill
twin city
twin paradox
twin room
twin town

WORDS THAT END LIKE TWILIT

alit
backlit
banana split
candlelit
chick lit
clit
Dalit
flit
greenlit
lickety-split
lit
moonlit
relit
slit
split
starlit
sunlit
tallit
unlit
whatchamacallit

Synonyms and antonyms of twilit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «twilit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TWILIT

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

Translator English - Chinese

twilit
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crepuscular
570 millions of speakers

English

twilit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

twilit
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

twilit
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сумеречный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

twilit
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

twilit
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crépusculaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berkuasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dämmernden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

薄明かりの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

twilit
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Enteni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

twilit
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

twilit
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Twilit
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Alacakaranlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

twilit
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

PORTR
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сутінковий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crepuscular
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

twilit
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skemerte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skymmande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

twilit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of twilit

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TWILIT»

The term «twilit» is regularly used and occupies the 104.938 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of twilit
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TWILIT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWILIT»

Discover the use of twilit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to twilit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Twilit Path
THIS 20 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: New Nuctemeron: The Twelve Hours of Apollonius of Tyana, by Marjorie Livingston. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564595226.
Marjorie Livingston, Apollonius of Tyana, 2010
2
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
Its formation implies a verb to twilight made from the noun ; ft that verb, though unknown to most of us, is recorded to have been used ; it also implies that to twilight has p.p. twilit rather than tmilighted, which is not impossible. But, though twilit ...
Henry Watson Fowler, 1994
3
Shadow of Chance: A Twilit Legacy
When her sister Makoto commits suicide, time stopped for Sapphire Marena.
Autumn Twilight, 2009
4
Garner's Modern American Usage
See 180-degree turnaround. twilight; twilit. Though normally a noun, twilight can function as an adjective <her twilight years>. And in most contexts it's better than twilit, which suggests (wrongly) that there's a verb to twilight. But the form twilit is ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
5
Reading Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury
[Wedding] 95:19 A face reproachful tearful an odor of camphor and of tears a voice weeping steadily and softly beyond the twilit door the twilight- colored smell of honeysuckle Head's remembered words — "cheeks like a girl" — trigger ...
Noel Polk, Stephen M. Ross
6
Songs of Doom and Despair
Nights. Twilit. Melody. The driver looked back sparsely at his passenger. His furtive eyes shifted dangerously from the impending road back to the lonesome man in the back of the car, he could hardly deter his shifting glances from the grey ...
Philip Drake
7
A History of Indian Painting: The modern period
A. TWILIT. LANDSCAPE. I. Painting in the Sikh Epoch URING the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the history of India passed under a heavily shadowed phase. We shall leave it to the historians to research the detailed reasons why ...
Krishna Chaitanya, 1976
8
Persona: Stratus the Reborn
TWILIT. INFERNO. The. next morning, as Stratus walked into the main chamber, he wasfeeling better than ever. His yoma was at maximum capacity, and a deep sleep had made him alert and ready to train. Stratus started to stretch while he ...
Harry G. Mohan, 2011
9
Magnificent Universe
The Moon affects people in other ways, for a beautiful crescent suspended in a twilit sky can stir our hearts. The Moon itself, though, is dead. The lunar near side consists of two types of terrain: the cratered highlands, which are ancient, dating  ...
Ken Croswell, 1999
10
The Book of Lost Tales, Part One: Part One
Now all are embarked and the gulls fare mightily into the twilit sky, but Aulë and Oromë are in the foremost galley and the mightiest, and seven hundred gulls are harnessed thereto and it gleams with silver and white feathers, and has a beak of  ...
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWILIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term twilit is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ghosts and Empties
... the twilit streets for a walk, leaving the undressing and sluicing and reading and singing and tucking in of the boys to my husband, a man who does not yell. «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
2
Sheriff IDs man slain in homicide
A family friend remembered a sociable father and Jacksonville local who died during a twilit, close-range drive-by from a moped-riding shooter at a gas station ... «Jacksonville Daily News, Mar 15»
3
Notes From a Twilit Trip to Willoughby Coal, Among the Region's …
We're ushered into a musty stockroom. The air feels different here, but it's tough to say what's real and what's faulty perception. Eric Olsen, noted local writer ... «Cleveland Scene Weekly, Oct 14»
4
Emily Carr and Landon Mackenzie: Wood Chopper and the Monkey …
... poles and surrounded by thick foliage, and Mackenzie posing her strange quadrupeds as human surrogates, wandering blindly in twilit northern landscapes. «Straight.com, Oct 14»
5
Gods Like Echo: Mark Dicker Interviewed
I then got the offer to join Palehorse, who I knew from the Trencher days and started recording electronic/noisey stuff as Twilit Grotto. I decided to change that to ... «The Quietus, Jul 14»
6
PNB's 'Giselle': A 19th-century ghost story comes to life
What's that pale, veiled wraith I see, gliding through the shadows of a twilit glade as if barely touching the ground? It's a Wili — a vengeful spirit of a bride dead ... «The Seattle Times, Jun 14»
7
Looking Backward: Curiosity gazes upon the setting Earth
Here it is, as processed by Damia Bouic: a bright point of light in the twilit sky, setting toward the distant rim of Gale crater. Earth is the little isolated bright dot, left ... «The Planetary Society, Feb 14»
8
Paul D'Agostino: 'Twilit Ensembles'
Pocket Utopia. 191 Henry Street, between Clinton and Jefferson Streets, Lower East Side. Through April 21. Following his solo debut last year at Norte Maar in ... «New York Times, Apr 13»
9
There Are Six Churches Currently Giving Sermons to Scientists on …
Over the weekend, this twilit photo of Trinity Church, a year-round Russian Orthodox Church hit the front page of Reddit. The church has a claim to being the ... «Motherboard, Mar 13»
10
NEWS: Calvin Klein's Ex In 3-Way And/Or Car Crash & Frank Ocean …
twilit – Video of Twilight “star” Bronson Pelletier being twilit and peeing in an airport went viral as did allegations that he was on meth. But he'd like you to know ... «Queerty, Jan 13»

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