sundown

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled sun-down

US /ˈsʌndaʊn/ UK /ˈsʌndaʊn/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the time in the evening when the sun disappears below the horizon; sunset

The travelers hoped to reach the inn before sundown.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the time in the evening... sunset dusk twilight nightfall gloaming eventide

Opposites

sunrise sunup dawn daybreak

Word family

Derived forms sundowner

Related forms sunsundowner

Etymology

A compound of sun (Old English sunne) and down (Old English dūn), formed in English to denote the sun's going down; recorded from the early 17th century.

sunne Old English dūne Old English

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General Vocabulary

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# sundown

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsʌndaʊn/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsʌndaʊn/

## Meanings
1. the time in the evening when the sun disappears below the horizon; sunset

## Examples
- The travelers hoped to reach the inn before sundown.

## Synonyms
- sunset
- dusk
- twilight
- nightfall
- gloaming
- eventide

## Antonyms
- sunrise
- sunup
- dawn
- daybreak

## Derived Forms
- sundowner

## Related Forms
- sun
- sundowner

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sunne
- Root: dūne

## Etymology
A compound of sun (Old English sunne) and down (Old English dūn), formed in English to denote the sun's going down; recorded from the early 17th century.

## AI Etymology
Sundown is a compound of sun (Old English sunne) and down (Old English dūn), formed in English to denote the sun's going down; recorded from the early 17th century. Important recorded forms include sunne (Old English) and dūne (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers the time in the evening when the sun disappears below the horizon; sunset. The wider family includes derived forms such as sundowner and related words such as sun and sundowner.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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