Oxford Essential Dictionary
sunset
noun
the time in the evening when the sun goes down:
The park closes at sunset.
Look at sunrise.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sunset
sun‧set /ˈsʌnset/ BrE AmE noun
1. [uncountable] the time of day when the sun disappears and night begins
at sunset
We take the flag down at sunset.
2. [uncountable and countable] the coloured part of the sky where the sun is disappearing at the end of the day ⇨ dusk:
a glorious sunset
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
sunset
sun·set [sunset sunsets] noun, adjective, verb [ˈsʌnset] [ˈsʌnset]
noun
1. uncountable the time when the sun goes down and night begins
• Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered.
2. countable the colours in the part of the sky where the sun slowly goes down in the evening
• a spectacular sunset
3. countable a fixed period of time after which a law or the effect of a law will end
• There is a five-year sunset on the new tax.
Example Bank:
• The trees were black against the sunset.
• They sat in the last glow of the sunset.
• We walked along the beach at sunset.
• a beautiful sunset over the bay
• After sunset the temperature drops.
• At the end he gets back on his horse and rides off into the sunset.
• We sat by the river and watched the sunset.
adjective only before noun
1. used to describe a colour that is like one of the colours in a sunset
• sunset yellow
2. used to describe sth that is near its end, or that happens at the end of sth
• This is his sunset tour after fifty years as a singer.
3. (of a law or the effect of a law) designed to end or to end sth after a fixed period of time
• a two-year sunset clause in the new law
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
sunset / ˈsʌn.set / noun
B1 [ U ] the time in the evening when you last see the sun in the sky:
The fishermen set out at sunset for a night's fishing.
B1 [ C ] the appearance of the sky in the evening before the sun goes down:
We sat on the beach watching a spectacular sunset.
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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
sunset
/sʌnset/
(sunsets)
1.
Sunset is the time in the evening when the sun disappears out of sight from the sky.
The dance ends at sunset.
≠ sunrise
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A sunset is the colours and light that you see in the western part of the sky when the sun disappears in the evening.
There was a red sunset over Paris.
≠ sunrise
N-COUNT
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
sunset
sun·set /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ noun, pl -sets
1 [noncount] : the time when the sun goes below the horizon in the evening
• We arrived just before sunset. [=(chiefly US) sundown]
• Prayers begin at sunset.
• We worked from sunrise to sunset.
2 : the colors that are in the sky when the sun slowly goes below the horizon
[count]
• a beautiful sunset
[noncount]
• the golden light of sunset