horizon.
The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
Meaning & usage
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.
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 or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
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.
Where this word 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”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.