sunset

 
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnsɛt/

noun

  • the time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades: sunset was still a couple of hours away
  • the colours and light visible in the sky on an occasion of the sun’s disappearance in the evening, considered as a view or spectacle: a blue and gold sunset
  • a period of decline, especially the last years of a person’s life: the sunset of his life