Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The event or time of the disappearance of the upper circumferential edge of the sun as it sets below the horizon.
- noun The sky as the sun sets.
- noun A decline or final phase.
- noun Law The automatic expiration of a statutory provision on a previously established date, in the absence of reauthorization.
- adjective Law Providing for an automatic expiration.
- intransitive verb To expire on a previously established date, as a statutory provision.
- intransitive verb To provide for the expiration of (a program or agency) by means of a sunset provision.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The descent of the upper limb of the sun below the horizon in the evening; the atmospheric phenomena accompanying the setting of the sun; the time when the sun sets; evening.
- noun Hence Figuratively, the close or decline.
- noun The region or quarter where the sun sets; the west. Compare
sunrising , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.
- noun Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.
- noun (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 alsorising sun .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
time ofday when thesun disappears below thewestern horizon . - noun The
changes incolor of thesky at sunset. - noun figuratively The final period of the life of a person or thing.
- noun attributively Having a set termination date.
- noun The region where the sun sets; the
west . - verb business, politics, transitive To
phase out .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective providing for termination
- noun atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
- noun the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
- noun the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
- adjective of a declining industry or technology
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Sure, driving off into the sunset is a bit schmaltzy but I lke all the rest of it far more than the cliche of jumping on a grenade to save everyone.
I Am Legend alternate ending « Third Point of Singularity 2009
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I have heard people say the sunset is a lonely time, when fears come out, and apprehensions creep over them ... and all their troubles come trooping home.
Three Times and Out: A Canadian Boy's Experience in Germany Nellie L. McClung 1918
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One evening, when work was over, we found him walking the forecastle, taking what he called his sunset food shaker, in a more than usually thoughtful mood.
Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Now we're sixty, and the sunset is neither russet nor gold, but the shadows of dead trees are lovely tonight.
The Secret Life Elizabeth Kate Switaj 2010
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Time zones exist so that the sunrise and sunset is somewhat regular throughout the world.
Every Time Zone Makes Elegant Sense Of International Time | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Yes | No | Report from faze631 wrote 2 weeks 6 days ago if you bring one thing bring a back track. finding your way back to camp after venturing out into the woods racing the sunset is not fun. they sell the bushnell backtrack almost everywhere cabelas, bass pro, sports authority dicks modells probably even kmart
Whats your favoret high-teck survival gear? What site or store can you get it at? Thanks. 2009
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Yes | No | Report from faze631 wrote 2 weeks 6 days ago if you bring one thing bring a back track. finding your way back to camp after venturing out into the woods racing the sunset is not fun. they sell the bushnell backtrack almost everywhere cabelas, bass pro, sports authority dicks modells probably even kmart
Whats your favoret high-teck survival gear? What site or store can you get it at? Thanks. 2009
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August 29th, 2009 11: 41 pm ET how fitting it was for him to be buried at night and it rain during his funeral this morning. it was very symbolic. the meaning behind the rain was that the state of massachusetts raining tears of sadness for losing a native son. the meaning of the burial not happening until sunset is it being the end of that generation of political service.
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The sun has just set beneath the shadows of the buildings around me, although the light of sunset is reflected in the river, giving everything around me a crimson glow as night begins to creep into the eastern sky.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009
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The light of sunset is reflected in the Liffey, giving everything around me a crimson glow as night begins to creep up the eastern sky.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009
chained_bear commented on the word sunset
At the beach at sunset, they turn the waves off.
September 10, 2009