# sunsetting

Pronunciation: say "SUN-set-ing" /ˈsʌnˌsɛtɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of sunset. — present participle and gerund of sunset
   - Simple: Present participle of sunset. Use this form for an action of slowly ending something that is happening now.
   - _The vendor is sunsetting support for the legacy operating system in March._
   - _Regulators are sunsetting the tax credit at the end of the decade._

## Noun

2. An instance of the sun going down below the horizon in the evening; a sunset.
   - Simple: The moment in the evening when the sun goes down below the edge of the sky.
   - _The photographer captured the sunsetting over the calm ocean._
   - _Tourists gathered on the beach to admire the sunsetting before dinner._

## Origin

From Middle English "sonne settynge," describing the sun going down.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sunsetting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).