sunset

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
  2. noun atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
  3. noun the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

sundown

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