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sunset

Syllabification: (sun·set)
Pronunciation: /ˈsənˌset/
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Definition of sunset

noun

[in singular]
  • the time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades:sunset was still a couple of hours away
  • the colors 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

sunset in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sunset in the British & World English dictionary