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horizon
- /həˈɹaɪ.zən/ Canada, US, UK
- /həˈɹɑe.zən/ Australia
- [həˈɹɑe̯.zən] New Zealand
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English orisonte, orisoun, from Middle French horizon, horizonte, from Old French orisonte, orison, via Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων (horízōn), from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”).
noun horizons
- The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance. A tall building was visible on the whole sweep of the horizon.
- The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold. Some students take a gap year after finishing high school to broaden their horizons.
- The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists. 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.
- A specific layer of soil, or stratum
- A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
- Any level line or surface.
- The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: skyline, view, purview, apparent horizon, celestial horizon, sensible horizon, visible horizon, sky, year, focus, landscape, sunset, distance, panorama, dawn, horizontal
Translations
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noun line that appears to separate the Earth from the sky
| Español | horizonte |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지평선 jipyeongseon, 수평선 supyeongseon |
| 日本語 | 地平線 chiheisen, 水平線 suiheisen |
| 中文 | 地平線 /地平线 dìpíngxiàn, 天際 /天际 tiānjì, 天邊 /天边 tiānbiān |
| हिन्दी | क्षितिज kṣitij, दिगंत digant |
| Português | horizonte |
| Français | horizon, ligne d'horizon |
| Deutsch | Horizont, Kimm |
| Italiano | orizzonte |
| Ελληνικά | ορίζοντας orízontas |
| Română | orizont, zare, zariște |
| Русский | горизо́нт gorizónt, небоскло́н nebosklón |
| Tiếng Việt | chân trời |
| العربية | أُفُق ʔufuq |
| עברית | אופק \ אֹפֶק ófek |
noun a specific layer of soil or strata
| Русский | горизо́нт gorizónt |
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Talk about this word "horizon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/horizon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. horizon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/horizon "horizon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/horizon.Cite this
@misc{horizon_2026,
title = {horizon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horizon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
