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sunset

 noun
     
Related topics: Nature, Chronology
sun‧set
1 [uncountable]TMC the time of day when the sun disappears and night begins
at sunset
We take the flag down at sunset.
2 [uncountable and countable]DN the coloured part of the sky where the sun is disappearing at the end of the day [↪ dusk]:
a glorious sunset
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