sunset

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A sunset (changes in color of the sky).

[edit] Etymology

In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.[1] Compound of sun + set.

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Singular
sunset

Plural
sunsets

sunset (plural sunsets)

  1. The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
  2. The changes in color of the sky at sunset.
  3. (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
  4. (attributively) Of or relating to the final period of the life of a person or thing.
    one's sunset years
  5. (attributively) Having a set termination date.
    The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.

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  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

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