Word: Sunset
How to pronounce: ˈsʌnset
Noun
Definitions:
1. The time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades.
Example sentences: "Sunset was still a couple of hours away"
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Denoting a legal provision under which a program, agency, regulation, etc., is automatically terminated at the end of a fixed period unless renewed by legislative action.
Example sentences: "The bill will have a two-year sunset clause, so the decision will need to be revisited after the next election"
Intransitive verb
Definitions:
1. (of a program, agency, regulation, etc.) expire or be terminated automatically at the end of a fixed period unless renewed by legislative action.
Example sentences: "The tax cut will sunset after three years unless lawmakers extend it"
Synonyms:
sundown
sun set
dusk
end
twilight
nightfall
evening
night
Antonyms:
sunrise
dawn
east
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Sunset in Other Languages...
Spanish: Puesta
German: Sonnenuntergang
French: Coucher
Italian: Tramonto
Turkish: Batar
