English Online Dictionary. What means sunset? What does sunset mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/
- Rhymes: -ʌnsɛt
Noun
sunset (countable and uncountable, plural sunsets)
- The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
- (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
- (attributively) 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.
Synonyms
- (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
Antonyms
- sunrise
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
sunset (third-person singular simple present sunsets, present participle sunsetting, simple past and past participle sunsetted)
- (business, politics, transitive) To phase out.
Translations
See also
- moonset
References
Anagrams
- unsets