sunset Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
    sundown.
  2. noun atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
  3. noun the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
  4. adjective satellite of a declining industry or technology
    • sunset industries
  5. adjective satellite providing for termination
    • a program with a sunset provision

WordNet

Sun"set", Sun"set`ting noun (Also<
  • Sunset
  • Sunsetting
)
Definitions
  1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.
    'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell.
  2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.

Webster 1913