sunset

== 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