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sun·set
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noun
1.
the
setting
or
descent
of the
sun
below the horizon in the evening.
2.
the atmospheric and scenic phenomena accompanying this.
3.
the time when the
sun
sets
.
4.
the close or final stage of any period.
adjective
5.
(of an industry, technology, etc.) old; declining:
sunset industries.
6.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a
sunset law
:
to add sunset restrictions to a bill.
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Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English;
see
sun
,
set
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sunset
(ˈsʌnˌsɛt)
—
n
1.
the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon
2.
the atmospheric phenomena accompanying this disappearance
3.
Also called:
sundown
the time at which the sun sets at a particular locality
4.
the final stage or closing period, as of a person's life
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