sunset

Pluralsunsets

Formssunsets, sunsetting, sunsetted

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The time each evening when the sun goes down below the edge of the sky.

   Like a big light being switched off at the end of the day.

   We watched the sunset from the beach.

   The sky turns orange just before sunset.

   Similarsundown, dusk, nightfall

   Oppositesunrise, dawn, daybreak

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   The colors that fill the sky just before and after the sun goes down.

   Like the sky putting on a show of colors before night begins.

   The sunset painted the clouds pink and gold.

   We took photos of the colorful sunset over the lake.

   Similartwilight, dusk

   Oppositesunrise, dawn

3. 3
   nounfigurativelyusually singular

   The last part of someone's life or of something's existence.

   Like the last hours of daylight before it gets fully dark.

   In the sunset of his career, he finally won the award.

   The old factory was in its sunset, with only a few workers left.

   Similartwilight, evening, decline, end

   Oppositedawn, beginning

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4. 4
   nouncountablebefore a noun

   A fixed date when a rule, law, or program will end.

   Like a coupon that stops working after a certain day.

   The new tax break has a sunset in 2030, so it ends then.

   Lawmakers added a sunset to the program.

   Similarexpiration, expiry

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5. 5
   verbtransitive

   To slowly bring a rule, program, or product to a planned end.

   The company decided to sunset its oldest app.

   Officials plan to sunset the old permit system next year.

   Similardiscontinue, retire, end, terminate

   Oppositeintroduce, launch

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6. 6
   nounusually singular

   The part of the sky or land toward the west, where the sun goes down.

   For three weeks the family drove toward the sunset, all the way from Ohio to California.

   Their home lay far in the sunset, beyond the great river.

   Similarwest

   Oppositeeast

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