horizon

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

58 more languages

Afrikaanshorison

العربيةأفقالأفق

Azərbaycan diliüfüq

Беларускаягарызонт

Българскихоризонт

Bosanskihorizontkimnebosklonobzorobzorjevidikžarežarišteвидикобзоробзорјехоризонт+ 9 more

Catalàhoritzó

Češtinahorizontobzor

Cymraeggorwel

Danskhorisont

Ελληνικάορίζοντας

Esperantohorizonto

Suomihorisonttitaivaanranta

Gaeilgespéire

Gàidhligfàirfairefànas

Galegohorizonte

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻipōʻailani

עבריתאופק

हिन्दीक्षितिज

Hrvatskihorizontkimnebosklonobzorobzorjevidikžarežarišteвидикобзоробзорјехоризонт+ 9 more

Magyarhorizontláthatárlátókör

Հայերենհորիզոն

Bahasa Indonesiacakrawalafalakhorizonkaki langitufuk+ 2 more

Íslenskasjóndeildarhringur

Italianoorizzonte

日本語地平線天涯水平線涯+ 1 more

ქართულიჰორიზონტი

Қазақ тілікөкжиек

ភាសាខ្មែរជើងមេឃនភាបាទ

한국어수평선지평선

Kurdîhorîzonufuq

Кыргызчагоризонт

Latinafinienshorizon

Lietuviųhorizontas

Latviešuhorizonts

Македонскихоризонт

मराठीक्षितिज

Bahasa Melayuhorizonkaki langitufuk

မြန်မာမိုးကုပ်စက်ဝိုင်း

Nederlandseinderhorizonhorizontkim+ 1 more

Polskihoryzontnieboskłonwidnokrągwidnokres+ 1 more

پښتوافق

Portuguêshorizonte

Românăorizontzarezariște

Русскийгоризонтнебосклон

Shqiphorizontlëbozëlëpen

Српскиhorizontkimnebosklonobzorobzorjevidikžarežarišteвидикобзоробзорјехоризонт+ 9 more

Svenskahorisont

தமிழ்அடிவானம்கீழ்வானம்தொடுவானம்தொடுவான்+ 1 more

Тоҷикӣуфуқ

ไทยขอบฟ้าแนวนอน

Tagalogabot-tanawkagiliran

Türkçeufukufuk çizgisi

ئۇيغۇرچەئۇپۇق

Українськавидноко́логоризонткрайне́бокругови́дкругогля́дкругозі́рнебокрайнебосхи́ло́брійо́вид+ 7 more

اردوافق

O'zbekchaufq

Tiếng Việtchân 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