sunset
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/
sunset
- The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- The changes in color of the sky at sunset.
- (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
- 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.
- one's sunset years
- (attributively) Having a set termination date.
- The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.
- The region where the sun sets; the west.
- (time) dusk, sundown (US), nightfall, twilight; see also Thesaurus:dusk
- (change in color of the sky at sunset)
- (final period of life) end, final act, swansong
- (attributively: of or relating to the final period of life) last, terminal, twilight
- French: coucher de soleil
- German: Sonnenuntergang
- Italian: tramonto, crepuscolo
- Portuguese: crepúsculo, pôr-do-sol, poente, ocaso, sol-pôr
- Russian: захо́д солнце
- Spanish: puesta del sol, ocaso, atardecer
- French: crépuscule
- German: Sonnenuntergang
- Italian: tramonto, crepuscolo
- Portuguese: crepúsculo, pôr-do-sol
- Russian: захо́д солнце
- French: crépuscule
- German: Lebensabend
- Italian: tramonto
- Portuguese: crepúsculo
- Russian: зака́т
sunset (sunsets, present participle sunsetting; past and past participle sunsetted)
- (business, politics, transitive) To phase out.
- We'll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.
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