SUNSET

sunset

(adjective) providing for termination; “a program with a sunset provision”

sunset

(adjective) of a declining industry or technology; “sunset industries”

sunset

(noun) the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

sunset

(noun) atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

sunset, sundown

(noun) the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

sunset (countable and uncountable, plural sunsets)

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.

(attributively) Having a set termination date.

The region where the sun sets; the west.

Synonyms

• (time): dusk, sundown (US), nightfall, twilight; see also 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

Antonyms

• sunrise

Verb

sunset (third-person singular simple present sunsets, present participle sunsetting, simple past and past participle sunsetted)

(business, politics, transitive) To phase out.

Anagrams

• unsets

Source: Wiktionary

Sun"set", Sun"set`ting, n.

1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. 'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell.

2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west. Sunset shell (Zoöl.), a West Indian marine bivalve (Tellina radiata) having a smooth shell marked with radiating bands of varied colors resembling those seen at sunset or before sunrise; -- called also rising sun.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition