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sunset

noun
/ˈsʌnˌsɛt/

Etymology

From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.

  1. inherited from son-sett

Definitions

  1. The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

    • at sunset
    • ’Twas sunset: when the sun will part There comes a sullenness of heart To him who still would look upon The glory of the summer sun.

  2. The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.

  3. The final period of the life of a person or thing.

    • one's sunset years
    • 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A set termination date.

      • The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.

    2. The region where the sun sets

      The region where the sun sets; the west.

    3. To phase out.

      • We’ll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.
      • Last December, Yahoo announced plans to “sunset” more well-known services, including the pioneering social bookmarking service del.icio.us.
      • Here’s what you need to know about Amazon’s decision to sunset its older e-readers and tablets, and what that means for you.

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Derived

Harlem sunset, Murray-sunset, postsunset, ride off into the sunset, Sunset Beach, sunset clause, sunset crop, sunset flip, sunset industry, sunset law, sunsetlike, sunset moth, sunset orange, Sunset Park, sunset prayer, sunset provision, sunset shell, Sunset Strip, sunset town, sunsetty, sunset years

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sunset. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01sunset02evening03night04morning05midnight

A definitional loop anchored at sunset. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at sunset

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA