horizon
The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
Example
“A tall building was visible on the whole sweep of the horizon.”
Other meanings
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.
Synonyms
- apparent horizon
- visible horizon
- sensible horizon
- skyline
Related words
- antihorizon
- circumhorizon
- horizonal
- horizonless
- horizonward
- horizonwards
- subhorizon
- superhorizon
- unhorizoned
- A-horizon
- archaeological horizon
- archeological horizon
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ὁρίζων".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “horizon” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.