sunset

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The time in the evening when the sun disappears below the horizon.

   We watched the boats come in at sunset.

2. 2
   noun

   The colours in the sky as the sun goes down.

   The sunset turned the clouds pink and gold.

3. 3
   noun

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

   He enjoyed travelling during the sunset years of his life.

4. 4
   verb

   To gradually stop using or providing something.

   We'll be sunsetting the old software after the new version launches.

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

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