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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sun•set /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/USA pronunciation n. - Astronomythe setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening: [countable]He won't live to see another sunset.[uncountable]Meet me at the park at sunset.
- Astronomy the sky and scenery accompanying this:[countable]a gorgeous sunset over the Atlantic Ocean.
- Astronomy[uncountable] the time when the sun sets.
adj. [before a noun] - (of an industry, technology, etc.) old;
declining. - Lawmakingof or being a law that requires the ending of a government program or agency by a certain date unless it is reauthorized by the legislature.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sun•set (sun′set′),USA pronunciation n. - Astronomythe setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- Astronomythe atmospheric and scenic phenomena accompanying this.
- Astronomythe time when the sun sets.
- the close or final stage of any period.
adj. - (of an industry, technology, etc.) old;
declining:sunset industries. - Lawmakingof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sunset law:to add sunset restrictions to a bill.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see sun, set
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sunset /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ n - the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon
- the atmospheric phenomena accompanying this disappearance
- Also called: sundown the time at which the sun sets at a particular locality
- the final stage or closing period, as of a person's life
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