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horizon

noun

1 horizon

The line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet.

synonyms: apparent horizon, sensible horizon, skyline, visible horizon.

Roget 196: distance; space etc. 180; remoteness, farness, far-cry to; longinquity, elongation; offing, background; remote region; removedness; parallax; ... show more

Roget 507: expectation, expectance, expectancy; anticipation, reckoning, calculation; foresight etc. 510.    contemplation, prospection, lookout; prospect, perspective, ... show more

Dutch: horizont, horizon, skyline
Polish: horyzont, widnokrÄ…g

2 horizon

The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated:
— It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge.

synonyms: purview, view.

Roget 441: vision, sight, optics, eyesight.    view, look, espial, glance, ken [Scot.], coup d'oeil [Fr.]; glimpse, glint, peep; gaze, ... show more

Dutch: bereik
Polish: horyzont

3 horizon

A specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land.

4 horizon

The great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth.

synonym: celestial horizon.


adjective

Roget 152: impending etc. v.; destined; about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: azimuth, background, clear sight, color vision, command, compass, cone vision, day vision, daylight vision, discernment, domination, eye, eye-mindedness, eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight, false horizon, farsight, farsightedness, field of view ... show more.

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