Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

    at sunset

    Sonnenuntergang

    захо́д со́лнцаzaxód sólnca, зака́тzakát, заря́zarjá

    за́хід со́нцяzáxid sóncja

    the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

  2. (countable, uncountable)The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.

    Sonnenuntergang, Abendrot

    захо́д со́лнцаzaxód sólnca, зака́тzakát, заря́

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The final period of the life of a person or thing.

    one's sunset years

    Lebensabend

    зака́тzakát

  4. (attributive, countable, uncountable)A set termination date.

    The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The region where the sun sets; the west.

Examples

278 sentences
  1. We could see the sunset from the window.

    З вікна нам було видно захід сонця.

    ruМы могли наблюдать закат через это окно.

    deWir konnten den Sonnenuntergang vom Fenster aus sehen.

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  2. What time is sunset?

    О котрій заходить сонце?

    ruВо сколько заход солнца?

    deWann ist Sonnenuntergang?

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  3. I love sunsets.

    Я обожнюю захід сонця.

    ruЯ люблю закаты.

    deIch liebe Sonnenuntergänge.

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  4. What a beautiful sunset!

    Який чудовий захід сонця!

    ruКакой красивый закат!

    deWas für ein schöner Sonnenuntergang!

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  5. What a beautiful sunset.

    Який чудовий захід сонця.

    ruКакой красивый закат.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
time of day:
Русский
By meaning 1
time of day:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
time of day:
changes in color of sky at sunset:
final period of life:

Origin

From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Ama

From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.

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Forms

plural: sunsets
Singularsunset
Pluralsunsets

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
final period of life:endA1final actswansong
Close in meaning
  • the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon:sundown

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • watch the sunset
  • a beautiful sunset
  • beautiful sunset

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sunset — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto