sunset

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/ˈsʌnˌsɛt/

noun 5verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

beautiful, glorious, spectacular, stunning | orange, red

VERB + SUNSET

admire, watch, ride/sail off into

We stopped on the beach to admire the sunset before heading back to our hotel.

PREP

against the ~

The old church silhouette looked beautiful against the sunset on that summer evening.

at ~

We watched the sky turn orange at sunset from our apartment balcony.

~ over

We watched the sun dip below the horizon in a spectacular sunset over the mountains.

PHRASES

the glow of the sunset

The warm glow of the sunset painted the sky in shades of orange and pink.

Definitions

noun

The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

at sunset

’Twas sunset: when the sun will part There comes a sullenness of heart To him who still would look upon The glory of the summer sun.

The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.

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

one's sunset years

'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.

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.

verb

To phase out.

We’ll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.

Last December, Yahoo announced plans to “sunset” more well-known services, including the pioneering social bookmarking service del.icio.us.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall belo

sundown

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

ride off into the sunset

To depart and fade into obscurity.

"Got To Believe In Love" (#80, 1970)—a follow-up recorded with the cast of Hair—sold only a few copies, and Rob and Steed Records rode off into the sunset.

Example Bank

at sunset

Wiktionary

’Twas sunset: when the sun will part There comes a sullenness of heart To him who still would look upon The glory of the summer sun.

Wiktionary

one's sunset years

Wiktionary

We’ll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.

Wiktionary

Last December, Yahoo announced plans to “sunset” more well-known services, including the pioneering social bookmarking service del.icio.us.

Wiktionary

We could see the sunset from the window.

Tatoeba · #2045

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