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Definition of sunset verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sunset

verb
 
/ˈsʌnset/
 
/ˈsʌnset/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sunset
 
/ˈsʌnset/
 
/ˈsʌnset/
he / she / it sunsets
 
/ˈsʌnsets/
 
/ˈsʌnsets/
past simple sunsetted
 
/ˈsʌnsetɪd/
 
/ˈsʌnsetɪd/
past participle sunsetted
 
/ˈsʌnsetɪd/
 
/ˈsʌnsetɪd/
-ing form sunsetting
 
/ˈsʌnsetɪŋ/
 
/ˈsʌnsetɪŋ/
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  1. sunset (something) (of a law or the effect of a law) to end or to end something after a fixed period of time
    • The tax relief will sunset after a year.
previously
adverb
 
 
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