twi-night

Twi-night

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [chwee, chee, twee nahyt]
- /tʃwi, tʃi, twi naɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [chwee, chee, twee nahyt]
- /tʃwi, tʃi, twi naɪt/

Definitions of twi-night word

adjective twi-night pertaining to or noting a doubleheader in which the first game begins late in the afternoon and the second in the evening under lights. 1
adjective twi-night designating a double-header that starts in the late afternoon and continues into the evening 0

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Origin of twi-night

First appearance:

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50; twi(light) + night

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Parts of speech for Twi-night

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Twi-night

twi-night popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.