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- Dictionarysun·set/ˈsənˌset/
noun
- 1. the time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades: "sunset was still a couple of hours away"
adjective
- 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: "the bill will have a two-year sunset clause, so the decision will need to be revisited after the next election"
verb
- 1. (of a program, agency, regulation, etc.) expire or be terminated automatically at the end of a fixed period unless renewed by legislative action: North American "the tax cut will sunset after three years unless lawmakers extend it"
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Jul 12, 2022 · Here is the definition of the idiomatic phrase from OED and the first usage from 1909: Originally U.S. to ride (go, sail, etc.) (off) into the sunset: to make a new start, begin a new phase of life, often implying (sometimes ironically) a bright future.
Feb 26, 2015 · Oxford Advanced Learnner's Dectionary at hand defines 'sunset' simply as a noun meaning 1. (u) the time when the sun goes down and night begins. 2. (c) the colours in the part of the sky where the sun slowly goes down in the evening. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the case of the word “sunset” being used in tandem in the form of both verb ...
Oct 17, 2014 · 4. This meaning of sunset is in the OED: to subject to, or terminate by means of, sunset legislation, meaning that a law which is "sunsetted" is only valid for a certain period of time unless it is explicitly renewed. If this is the definition that was meant, to say that an application "is sunsetted" means that it has an expiration date, after ...
Sunset, in this case, means that those portions of the bill expired. A sunset provision is a special type of clause in a bill that automatically kills certain portions of the bill without requiring the need for it to be repealed. Because this particular use is unique to government, it can generally only be used when referring to laws.
Nov 5, 2018 · Consulting the Oxford English Dictionary reveals that while the first definition for 'gloaming' refers specifically to sunset . a. Evening twilight. the OED also admits of a second meaning. b. Said occasionally of morning twilight. from which we can also note that 'twilight' itself is not reserved to sunset, as confirmed by the OED definition:
Jul 23, 2015 · Bright Lights. 13 1 3. The sinking sun refers to the sun that seem to "sink" into the ocean at Sunset (if you're looking west). Someone whose capacity of reflexion is disminished by strong feeling, could try to follow (chase) it in order to catch it.
twilight, n.: the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night. Animals that are active during twilight are said to be crepuscular, so if you're looking for an adjective to apply to that period, crepuscular (which is itself derived from the Latin for twilight) should serve.
Oct 15, 2020 · Dawn (before the main event) - Daylight/Daytime - Dusk (after the main event.) Twilight come from Twilight = two + light (probably the light of the day (the sun) and the light of the night (the moon) OED: 1. The light diffused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere before sunrise, and after sunset; the period during which this ...
5. The original meaning of sucker is, in the OED’s definition, ‘A young mammal before it is weaned; a child at the breast’. It’s a small step for it to take on the figurative sense of ‘A greenhorn, simpleton’, first recorded in the United States in 1838.
Jul 2, 2021 · I'm looking for a synonym to night, that doesn't include night in it (nighttime), that indicates the period from sunset to sunrise. Since evening is the period from sunset to bedtime it doesn't fill my needs. Edit-Here is the basic idea of the sentence I want to use. This refers to a location at 50°N latitude.
