Meaning

7 senses
  1. 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 sky and sea seem to merge at the horizon.

    Horizont, Kimm

    горизо́нтgorizónt, небоскло́нnebosklón

    о́брійóbrij, горизо́нтhoryzónt, небокра́йnebokráj

    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

  2. (figuratively)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.

    With clinical researchers hard at work, a new treatment is on the horizon.

    the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

  3. The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.

  4. A specific layer of soil, or stratum

    горизо́нтgorizónt

    a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land

  5. (US)A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.

  6. Any level line or surface.

  7. The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.

Examples

196 sentences
  1. The sun rose above the horizon.

    Сонце піднялося над горизонтом.

    ruСолнце поднялось над горизонтом.

    deDie Sonne erhob sich über den Horizont.

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  2. The sun appeared on the horizon.

    Сонце з'явилося на горизонті.

    ruСолнце показалось на горизонте.

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  3. I saw the moon above the horizon.

    Я побачив місяць над небокраєм.

    ruЯ увидел Луну над горизонтом.

    deIch sah den Mond über dem Horizont.

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  4. The ship appeared on the horizon.

    ruКорабль показался на горизонте.

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  5. The sun rose over the horizon.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
line that appears to separate the Earth from the sky:
Русский
By meaning 1
line that appears to separate the Earth from the sky:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
line that appears to separate the Earth from the sky:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English orisonte, orisoun, from Middle French horizon, horizonte, fr

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”).

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