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US /ˈsʌn.set/ 
UK /ˈsʌn.set/ 

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

sunset /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