horizon
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- noun
- /həˈraɪzən/
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horizonte
- As the sun rose above the horizon, Ayshatu made tea for her daughter Elbatul.
- horizon line
- loom on the horizon
- scan the horizon
So that would therefore be well inside the horizon at that time.
- So that would therefore be well inside the horizon at that time.
- Just like the photos going to the horizon into the mist, Right.
- So the way it works is the horizon on the water when you're out there.
- No, no, tuck your chin like your eyes stay on the horizon, right.
- And then noticing out at the horizon over the water, the mushroom cloud.
- Our view is confined, the horizon near no mountains.
- But the main thing was over the horizon to do amphibious Linux.
- It's just a, it's a horizon where you, that's all that is.
- And as I mentioned, they get so mixed up that on the horizon you see that they flip.
Examples
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The ship vanished beyond the horizon, leaving only ripples in the water.
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We stay where we are, looking at the horizon over the railing of the boat.
Fiction book (1990) -
Now we actually have the horizon of the world.
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So that would therefore be well inside the horizon at that time.
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Just as he passes the horizon, he looks back.
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Once you arrive, a new horizon appears.
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"There is very little hope for peace on the horizon."
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The moon looks bigger when it's on the horizon, but I know perfectly well it's not.
Academic text (1999) -
Open your gaze out onto the horizon.
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Clouds began to tower on the western horizon, promising a storm before the day was over.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
The line where the earth and sky seem to meet
The line where the sky and land or sea seem to meet
A line where the sky and sea or land seem to meet when you look out
An imaginary circle in the sky where the ground seems to meet the sky from where you are
Idioms
Compounds
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A boundary around a black hole that nothing can escape, not even light
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An instrument in a plane that shows whether it is level or tilted
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A soil layer below the top layer that holds minerals and dead plant material carried down
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A soil layer below the B layer and above bedrock made of partly broken rock with little plant material
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An imaginary circle in the sky where the ground seems to meet the sky from where you are
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A soil layer under the B-horizon and above bedrock made mostly of broken rock with few plant roots
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The top layer of soil that contains dark, rich plant material and where most roots grow
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A soil layer under the topsoil that holds minerals and bits of dead plants
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A layer of rock that you can identify by its minerals or fossils and use to find its age
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An aircraft instrument that shows the plane's angle to the horizon using a spinning device
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Horizon comes from the Greek root horos meaning 'boundary' or 'limit', so it was used for the circle that divides sky and earth. That's why the horizon is the line where land or sea seems to meet the sky.