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Definition of Sunset

1. Adjective. Of a declining industry or technology. "Sunset industries"

2. Noun. The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon.

3. Adjective. Providing for termination. "A program with a sunset provision"

4. Noun. Atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun.

5. Noun. The daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon.

Definition of Sunset

1. n. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.

Definition of Sunset

1. Noun. The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon. ¹

2. Noun. The changes in color of the sky at sunset. ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing. ¹

4. Noun. (attributively) Having a set termination date. ¹

5. Noun. The region where the sun sets; the west. ¹

6. Verb. (business politics transitive) To phase out. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sunset

1. the descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunset

sunrooms sunrose sunroses suns sunscald sunscalded sunscalding sunscalds sunscreen sunscreening

sunscreens sunseed sunseeds sunseeker sunseekers sunset (current term) sunset(a) sunset flip sunsetlike sunsets

sunsetted sunsetting sunshade sunshades sunshine sunshine-roof sunshine agenda sunshine girl sunshine law sunshine laws

Literary usage of Sunset

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"sunset 36:22-44- Some first principles. Musician 21:568 S '16 Rites and .... JW Brooks, il map sunset 37:70+ О '16 Road building in the national forests. ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"sunset 38: 24-5 Je '17 '17 Simple methods of determining rifle muzzle Little ... sunset 39:92-3 S '17 Our Chinese wall. sunset 39:34 Jl '17 Pacific's key to ..."

3. The Bookman (1916)
"5°3 (Continued) FICTION 3D ON LIST God's Man The Heart of the sunset "K" My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard The Heart of the sunset The Money Master The High ..."

4. The Little Book of American Poets, 1787-1900 by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse (1915)
"When o'er wide seas the sun declines, Far off its fading glory shines, — Far off, sublime, and full of fear, — The pine-woods bring the sunset near. ..."

5. Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for Children by Mary Isabella Lovejoy (1895)
"AT sunset. sunset glories are smiling down ; Blue and crimson and golden brown. ... The flowers are glad at sunset time, The yellow aster and fragrant thyme ..."

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