sunsetting

SaySUN-set-ing/ˈsʌnˌsɛtɪŋ/

Noun pluralsunsettings

2 meanings of sunsetting

1
verb
Present participle of sunset. Use this form for an action of slowly ending something that is happening now.
The company is sunsetting its old payment app next year.
They are slowly sunsetting the program so users have time to switch.
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2
nouncountable
The moment in the evening when the sun goes down below the edge of the sky.
Like a big light slowly turning off at the end of the day.
We watched the sunsetting from the top of the hill.
Each sunsetting painted the sky in shades of orange and pink.
Similarsundown, dusk
Oppositesunrise, dawn
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sunsetting is a form of sunset

sunset, verb: To slowly bring a rule, program, or product to a planned end. Full entry

Forms: sunsetsunsets he/she/itsunsetting -ing formsunsetted past tense, past participle
Spelling: sunset → sunsetting: double the t, add -ing

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Origin

From Middle English "sonne settynge," meaning the setting of the sun.