sunset B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ See IPA manual Freq #5101 Meanings 1 noun The time in the evening when the sun disappears below the horizon. We watched the boats come in at sunset. 2 noun The colours in the sky as the sun goes down. The sunset turned the clouds pink and gold. 3 noun The final period of the life of a person or thing. He enjoyed travelling during the sunset years of his life. 4 verb To gradually stop using or providing something. We'll be sunsetting the old software after the new version launches. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 noun · the final period of the... endfinal actswansong More dusklastnightfallsundownterminaltwilight ↔ Opposites sunrise Word family Forms sunsetssunsetting Derived forms murray-sunsetsunsetty Common collocations sunset provision Noun + noun glorious sunset Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393. son-sett Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sunset **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ **Frequency rank:** 5101 ## Meanings 1. The time in the evening when the sun disappears below the horizon. 2. The colours in the sky as the sun goes down. 3. The final period of the life of a person or thing. 4. To gradually stop using or providing something. ## Examples - We watched the boats come in at sunset. - The sunset turned the clouds pink and gold. - He enjoyed travelling during the sunset years of his life. - We'll be sunsetting the old software after the new version launches. ## Synonyms - dusk - last - nightfall - sundown - terminal - twilight ## Antonyms - sunrise ## Derived Forms - murray-sunset - sunsetty ## Roots and Affixes - Root: son-sett ## Etymology From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393. ## AI Etymology Sunset is from Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393. In present-day use, it can mean the time in the evening when the sun disappears below the horizon, or the colours in the sky as the sun goes down. Derived formations include murray-sunset, sunsetty. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Time markdown