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# sunset

«sunset» in Mova's school dictionary: **the time in the evening when the sun goes down below the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sunset, sunsets; sunset — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sunset is the time in the evening when the sun goes down below the horizon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunset/#m1)

2) A sunset is the colours in the sky when the sun goes down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunset/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science sunset happens because the Earth spins; the sun sets in the west. Sunset times change with the seasons: later in summer, earlier in winter. In stories sunset marks the end of the day or a story. Phrases: «at sunset», «watch the sunset», «ride off into the sunset».

### examples

- We watched a beautiful sunset at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunset/#x1)
- The sky was orange and pink at sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunset/#x2)
- We must be home by sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunset/#x3)
- The sun sets in the west. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunset/#x4)
- Sunset is later in summer than in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunset/#x5)
- The cowboy rode off into the sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunset/#x6)
- Bats come out after sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunset/#x7)
- Towards sunset he left his work and turned to go home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunset/#x8)

### note

Countable or uncountable. Opposite: sunrise. Never look straight at the sun, even at sunset, as it can hurt your eyes. Myth: the sun does not really move down — the Earth turns away from it.

### In the corpora

- ["Sunsetting" means ending or discontinuing a product: the firm stops making or running it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/11/)
- [During Ramadan many Muslims do not eat or drink from dawn to sunset, and friends are kind about it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/11/)
- [Example: during Ramadan a girl in Birmingham fasts from dawn to sunset.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/4/)
- [Eid al-Fitr is the Muslim festival that ends Ramadan, a month of fasting from dawn to sunset.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/11/)
- [Priya only wanted to explore GTA 6's huge sunny world, drive along the beach and look at the sunsets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sunset» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunset/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.