sunset
//ˈsʌnˌsɛt//
Forms
- Plural
- sunsets
- present (v1)
- sunset
- past (v2)
- sunsetted
- past participle (v3)
- sunsetted
- present participle
- sunsetting
- 3rd person singular
- sunsets
Definitions
1.The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
2.The final period of the life of a person or thing.
- 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.
3.A set termination date.
- The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.
4.The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
1.To phase out.
- We’ll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.
- Here’s what you need to know about Amazon’s decision to sunset its older e-readers and tablets, and what that means for you.
- Last December, Yahoo announced plans to “sunset” more well-known services, including the pioneering social bookmarking service del.icio.us.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4950
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set.
In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.