Horizon

Quick meaning: Horizon is a noun meaning The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.

Meaning

The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold.
2. The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
3. (geology) A specific layer of soil, or stratum
4. (archaeology, chiefly US) A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
5. Any level line or surface.
6. (computer chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.

Example Sentences

A tall building was visible on the whole sweep of the horizon.

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

Some students take a gap year after finishing high school to broaden their 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.

Word Forms

• horizons

Synonyms for horizon

Depending on context, synonyms include skysill, skyline, view, purview.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include skyline, view, purview, sky, year, focus.

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