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Meaning of horizon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
həˈɹaɪ.zən

Definitions

  1. The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
  2. The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance
  3. The circle on the celestial sphere along which the Earth and the sky appear to meet.
  4. The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold
  5. The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold.
    figuratively
  6. The extent of one's perception, understanding, knowledge, or vision:ken, purview, range, reach, scope.
  7. The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists
  8. The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
  9. the line at which the earth and the sky seem to meet. The sun went down below the horizon; A ship could be seen on the horizon. horison أُفُق хоризонт horizonte obzor der Horizont horisont ορίζονταςhorizonte silmapiir افق horisontti horizonאופק शिक्षितज, दिगन्त horizont, vidokrug horizont cakrawala sjóndeildarhringur orizzonte 地平線 지평선 horizontas horizonts kaki langit horizon, einderhorisont, synsrandhoryzont د اسمان لمنه horizonte orizont горизонт obzor obzorje horizont horisont ขอบฟ้า ufuk 地...
  10. A specific layer of soil, or stratum
  11. at right angles to vertical; parallel to the horizon; lying level or flat. a horizontal line; a horizontal surface. horisontaal أفُقي хоризонтален horizontal vodorovný horizontal horisontal; vandret οριζόντιοςhorizontal horisontaalne افقی vaakasuora horizontal אוֹפקִי समतल क्षितिज के समानंतर horizontalan, vodoravan vízszintes mendatar láréttur orizzontale 水平の 수평의 horizontalus horizontāls melintang horizontaalvannrett, horisontalpoziomy افقی horizontal ori­zontal горизонтальный vodorovný vodor...
  12. A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period
  13. A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
    US
  14. horisontaal أُفُقِيّا хоризонтално horizontalmente vodorovně horizontal horisontalt; vandret οριζόντιαhorizontalmente horisontaalselt بطور افقی vaakasuorasti horizontalement בִּמאוּזָן क्षैतिज स्थिति में horizontalno, vodoravno vízszintesen datar lárétt orizzontalmente 水平に 수평으로 horizontaliai horizontāli secara melintang horizontaalvannrett, horisontaltpoziomo په افقی ډول horizontalmente orizontal горизонтально vodorovne vodoravno horizontalno horisontellt ในแนวนอน yatay olarak 水平地,橫向地 горизон...
  15. Any level line or surface.
  16. The apparent intersection of the earth and sky as seen by an observer. Also called apparent horizon.
    apparent horizon
  17. The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
  18. Astronomy a. See sensible horizon.
    Astronomy
  19. The range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest.
  20. Geology a. A specific position in a column of rock layers, usually designated by the occurrence of one or more distinctive fossils or by a distinctive sediment bed, that is used in stratigraphy.
    Geology
  21. Archaeology A period during which the influence of a specified culture spread rapidly over a defined area: artifacts associated with the Olmec horizon in Mesoamerica.
    Archaeology

Equivalents

Afrikaans horison
العربية أفق الأفق
Azərbaycanca üfüq
Беларуская гарызонт
Български хоризонт
Català horitzó
Čeština horizont obzor
Cymraeg gorwel
Dansk horisont
Ελληνικά ορίζοντας
Esperanto horizonto
Español horizonte
Gaeilge spéire
Gàidhlig faire
Galego horizonte
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi pōʻailani
עברית אופק
हिन्दी क्षितिज
Հայերեն հորիզոն
Bahasa Indonesia cakrawala falak horizon kaki langit ufuk
Italiano orizzonte
日本語 地平線 天涯 水平線
ქართული ჰორიზონტი
Қазақша көкжиек
한국어 수평선 지평선
Kurdî horîzon ufuq
Кыргызча горизонт
Latina finiens horizon
Lietuvių horizontas
Latviešu horizonts
Македонски хоризонт
मराठी क्षितिज
Bahasa Melayu horizon kaki langit ufuk
Nederlands einder horizon horizont kim
پښتو افق
Português horizonte
Română orizont zare zariște
Svenska horisont
Тоҷикӣ уфуқ
Türkçe ufuk ufuk çizgisi
ئۇيغۇرچە ئۇپۇق
اردو افق
Oʻzbekcha ufq
Tiếng Việt chân trời

Examples

“A tall building was visible on the whole sweep of the horizon.”
“Some students take a gap year after finishing high school to broaden their horizons.”
“With clinical researchers hard at work, a new treatment is on the horizon.”
“It is because theirs has become the only explicit general philosophy of social policy held by a large group, the only system or theory which raises new problems and opens new horizons, that they have succeeded in inspiring the imagination of the intellectual.”
“They learn that reading, besides being something one does at school, is also something one can do on one's own, for fun, to satisfy curiosity, or even to "expand one's horizons.””
“The Indians of the Americas totaled no less than 70 million when the foreign conquerors appeared on the horizon; a century and a half later they had been reduced to 3.5 million.”
“Only mortality, this irreducible and primordial horizon, that very horizon which, in Being and Time, Heidegger so compellingly revealed as the unsurpassable and defining possibility, remains.”

CEFR level

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