Meaning & use
Nightfall
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The onset of night; the time when daylight fades into darkness.
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The hikers hurried to reach camp before nightfall.
Streetlights flickered on automatically at nightfall.
A note on using this word
Often used poetically to evoke a sense of closure or transition at the end of a day.
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