sunset

Plural: sunsets

Noun

• The daily disappearance of the sun below the western horizon.
• the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
• atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
• the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
• The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
• The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
• The final period of the life of a person or thing.
• A set termination date.
• The region where the sun sets; the west.

Adjective Satellite

• of a declining industry or technology
  • "sunset industries"
• providing for termination
  • "a program with a sunset provision"

Verb

• To phase out.

Examples

• at sunset
• one's sunset years
• The game reached its sunset, with only a few turns left to secure victory.
• We’ll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.

Synonyms

sundown, dusk, end, final act, last, nightfall, swansong, terminal, twilight

Antonyms

sunrise

Related Words

moonset

Anagrams of sunset