sunset
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.[1]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
sunset (plural sunsets)
- The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- The changes in color of the sky at sunset.
- (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
- Campbell
- 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.
- one's sunset years
- Campbell
- (attributively) Having a set termination date.
- The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.
- The region where the sun sets; the west.
Synonyms [edit]
- (time): dusk, sundown (US), nightfall, twilight
- (change in color of the sky at sunset):
- (final period of life): end, final act, swansong
- (attributively: of or relating to the final period of life): last, terminal, twilight
Antonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
time of day
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changes in color of sky at sunset
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final period of life
attributively: of or relating to the final period of life
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See also [edit]
Verb [edit]
sunset (third-person singular simple present sunsets, present participle sunsetting, simple past and past participle sunsetted)
- (business, politics, transitive) To phase out.
- We'll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.
References [edit]
- ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988