horizon
The visible horizontal line where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distanceThe visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
» The sun rose above the horizon.
Die Sonne erhob sich über den Horizont.
Солнце поднялось над горизонтом.
Сонце піднялося над горизонтом.
Meaning
7 sensesThe 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
(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
The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
A specific layer of soil, or stratum
горизо́нтgorizónt
a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
(US)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.
Examples
196 sentencesThe sun rose above the horizon.
Сонце піднялося над горизонтом.
ruСолнце поднялось над горизонтом.
deDie Sonne erhob sich über den Horizont.
The sun appeared on the horizon.
Сонце з'явилося на горизонті.
ruСолнце показалось на горизонте.
I saw the moon above the horizon.
Я побачив місяць над небокраєм.
ruЯ увидел Луну над горизонтом.
deIch sah den Mond über dem Horizont.
The ship appeared on the horizon.
ruКорабль показался на горизонте.
The sun rose over the horizon.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English orisonte, orisoun, from Middle French horizon, horizonte, frInherited 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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Forms
plural: horizonsSynonyms
8 synonyms- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated:viewpurview
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet:apparent horizonvisible horizonsensible horizonskyline
- the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth:celestial horizon