sunset
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- noun
- /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/
:
puesta de sol
- The park was filled with people enjoying a picnic while waiting for the sunset over the lake.
- sunrise and sunset
- just after sunset
- watch a sunset
But maybe they'll see a good sunset up there and bear it.
- But maybe they'll see a good sunset up there and bear it.
- You are breathing air, observing sunsets, gazing into the night sky.
- This is not going to be all sunsets and rainbows, right?
- Wow, their whole life to watch the sunsets over the ocean became annoying.
- I did try and persuade Zoe to do a sunset sea swim tonight.
- They kind of looks like like a sunset sky, just pretty.
- But but a sunset's not going to move the dial.
- So we left at sunset and started our way down and.
Examples
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The view looking out at sunset from our newfound perch is marvelous on this fine evening.
Academic text (2008) -
Oh, look at the gorgeous sunset on the mountain.
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By sunset, I hope you will have agreed.
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Might she have been allowed to play outside after sunset, as some other children were?
Fiction book (1991) -
Soon, the golden rays of the sunset are shining against your house.
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The ceremony was scheduled for after sunset on Friday, January 11, 1985.
Academic text (1990) -
The last of the brilliant sunset illuminated the general area of their destination.
Fiction book (1991) -
The reflection of the sunset on its upper windows sparkled the lake with gold squares.
Fiction book (1991) -
We gathered at the beach to watch the sunset as the sky turned beautiful shades of orange and pink.
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As the sunset painted the horizon in vibrant colors, we took a moment to appreciate the beauty of nature.
Synonyms
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The time just after the sun goes down before it is fully dark
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1.2
The time in the evening when the sun goes below the horizon
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2.1
The time in the evening when it becomes dark and night begins
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Soft light in the sky just before sunrise or after sunset
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The soft light after sunset before it becomes dark
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The time in the evening when the sky gets dark
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The time of day when the sun goes below the horizon
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The time when the sun goes down and the sky gets dark
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3.5
The time after the sun goes down when the sky is partly light
The time just after sunset when the sky gets dark
The time just before it becomes dark
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
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To move toward a happy, peaceful future, often at the end of a story
Compounds
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sunset combines sun and set, where set means 'to go down', so it names the time the sun 'goes below the horizon' and daylight fades.