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Definitions for NIGHTFALL
ˈnaɪtˌfɔlnight·fall

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepusclenoun

    the time of day immediately following sunset

    "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

GCIDE

  1. Nightfallnoun

    The close of the day; the arrival of the night; the period at and just after dusk. Swift.

Wiktionary

  1. nightfallnoun

    The close of the day; the coming of night.

  2. Etymology: From night + fall.

ChatGPT

  1. nightfall

    Nightfall is the time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades, often considered as the transition from day to night.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nightfallnoun

    the close of the day

Wikidata

  1. Nightfall

    Nightfall is a Greek heavy metal band from Athens. Formed by vocalist/bassist Efthimis Karadimas in 1991, the group is currently signed to Metal Blade Records. They are widely considered the forerunners to a "mediterranean way to black metal" together with Inchiuvatu and Moonspell.

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    Song lyrics by nightfall -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by nightfall on the Lyrics.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of NIGHTFALL in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of NIGHTFALL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of NIGHTFALL in a Sentence

  1. Justice William O. Douglas:

    As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.

  2. Mariana Fulger:

    Each moment is nightfall not spacious enough to contain all hope that there will be morning.

  3. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, spoken by Elrond:

    He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.

  4. Alexis Carrel:

    To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.

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