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Etymology

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Inherited fromMiddle Englishorisonte,orisoun, fromMiddle Frenchhorizon,horizonte, fromOld Frenchorisonte,orison, viaLatinhorizōn, fromAncient Greekὁρίζων(horízōn), fromὅρος(hóros,boundary).

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horizon (pluralhorizons)

  1. The visiblehorizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
    Synonyms:skysill,skyline
    A tall building was visible on thehorizon.
  2. (figuratively) Therange orlimit of one'sknowledge,experience orinterest; aboundary orthreshold.
    Some students take a gap year after finishing high school to broaden theirhorizons.
    With clinical researchers hard at work, a new treatment is on thehorizon.
  3. The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
    • 2003, Miguel de Beistegui,Thinking with Heidegger: Displacements,→ISBN, page157:
      Only mortality, this irreducible and primordialhorizon, that veryhorizon which, inBeing and Time, Heidegger so compellingly revealed as the unsurpassable and defining possibility, remains.
  4. (geology) A specificlayer ofsoil, orstratum
  5. (archaeology, chiefly US) A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
  6. Anylevelline orsurface.
  7. (computer chess) The point at which acomputer chessalgorithm stops searching for further moves.

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Translations

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line that appears to separate the Earth from the sky
knowledge range/limit
a specific layer of soil or strata

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinhorizōn, fromAncient Greekὁρίζων(horízōn), fromὅρος(hóros,boundary).

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horizon m (pluralhorizontenorhorizonnen)

  1. horizon
    Synonyms:kim,einder

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinhorizōn, fromAncient Greekὁρίζων(horízōn), fromὅρος(hóros,boundary).

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horizon m (pluralhorizons)

  1. horizon

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Indonesian

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IndonesianWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromDutchhorizon, fromLatinhorizōn, fromAncient Greekὁρίζων(horízōn), fromὅρος(hóros,boundary).

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  • IPA(key): [hoˈrizɔn]
  • Hyphenation:ho‧ri‧zon

Noun

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horizon (uncountable)

  1. horizon:
    1. the visible horizontal line or point (in all directions) that appears to connect the Earth to the sky.
      Synonyms:kaki langit,ufuk,cakrawala
    2. (geoglogy) a specific layer of soil or strata.
  2. (in extension)sky,atmosphere,space
    Synonyms:ambara,angkasa,awang-awang,bumantara,cakrawala,dirgantara,langit,udara

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Latin

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FromAncient Greekὁρίζων(horízōn).

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Noun

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horizōn m (genitivehorizontis);third declension

  1. horizon

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Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in-ōn).

singularplural
nominativehorizōnhorizontēs
genitivehorizontis
horizontos
horizontum
horizontium
dativehorizontīhorizontibus
accusativehorizontem
horizonta
horizontēs
horizontās
ablativehorizontehorizontibus
vocativehorizōnhorizontēs

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References

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  • horizon”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • horizon inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Limburgish

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Noun

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horizon f

  1. Veldeke spelling ofHooriṣǫn

Malay

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Etymology

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FromEnglishhorizon, fromMiddle Englishorisonte,orisoun, fromMiddle Frenchhorizon,horizonte, fromOld Frenchorisonte,orison, viaLatinhorizōn, fromAncient Greekὁρίζων(horízōn), fromὅρος(hóros,boundary).

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horizon (Jawi spellingهوريزون)

  1. Horizon:
    1. The visiblehorizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
      Synonyms:kaki langit,ufuk
    2. (figuratively) Therange orlimit of one'sknowledge,experience orinterest; aboundary orthreshold.

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