sunset

sun·set  (snst)

n.

1. The event or time of the daily disappearance of the sun below the western horizon.

2. A decline or final phase: the sunset of an empire.

adj.

Providing for the automatic termination of a government program or agency unless deliberately reauthorized by law: a state-funded program with a sunset provision.

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sunset [ˈsʌnˌsɛt]

n

1. (Astronomy) the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the atmospheric phenomena accompanying this disappearance

3. (Astronomy) Also called sundown the time at which the sun sets at a particular locality

4. the final stage or closing period, as of a person's life

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Sunset 

1. A huge sunset that drained away in the west like blood —William Styron
2. The sun … drops like an angry brick at nightfall —Raymond Chandler
3. A sunset as thick as jam simmered in the sky —Isaac Babel
4. Sunset cast its colors through the leafless trees … like panes of stained glass —Madison Smartt Bell
5. The (Montana) sunset lay between two mountains like a gigantic bruise from which dark arteries spread themselves over a poisoned sky —F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. The sunset looked like the fires of Hell were consuming it —Harry Prince
7. The sun was moving down slowly as if it were descending a ladder —Flannery O’Connor
8. The sun went down lopsided and wide as a rose on a stem —Eudora Welty

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sunset

• occultation - One of its meanings is "the disappearance from view of a star or planet in the sun's rays after sunset or before sunrise, when the star or planet is above the horizon."
• acronical - Means happening at sunset or twilight.
• antitwilight - The sky's pink or purple glow after sunset.
• evening - Its Old English base meant "grow towards night," as evening extends from sunset to dark.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sunset - the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon sundown even, evening, eventide, eve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late" aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, sunrise, sunup, morning - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
	2.	sunset - atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun atmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere
	3.	sunset - the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon periodic event, recurrent event - an event that recurs at intervals
Adj.	1.	sunset - of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries" old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
	2.	sunset - providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision" last - coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"

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sunset

noun nightfall, dusk, sundown, eventide, gloaming (Scot. or poetic), close of (the) day The dance ends at sunset.

Related words
adjective acronychal, acronycal, or (U.S.) acronical

Translations

sunset [ˈsʌnset] N → puesta f del sol
at sunset → al atardecer, al ponerse el sol

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sunset [ˈsʌnsɛt] n → coucher m du soleil
at sunset → au coucher du soleil

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sunset [ˈsʌnˌsɛt] n → tramonto

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sunset → غُروب západ slunce solnedgang Sonnenuntergang ηλιοβασίλεμα crepúsculo auringonlasku coucher de soleil zalazak sunca tramonto 日没 일몰 zonsondergang solnedgang zachód słońca pôr do sol закат солнца solnedgång พระอาทิตย์ตก gün batımı hoàng hôn 日落