horizon

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  1. noun The apparent intersection of the earth and sky as seen by an observer. Also called apparent horizon.
  2. noun Astronomy The sensible horizon.
  3. noun Astronomy The celestial horizon.
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  • One concern I can see on the horizon is the amount of loans that are going to be resetting over the next year. —  Silicon Valley Watcher - reporting on the business of technology and media
  • But on the horizon is an amendment to the federal Family Medical Leave Act which becomes effective this month, giving employees more time off. —  Long Island Business News
  • The biggest cloud on the horizon is an Alaskan ethics investigation into allegations that, as Governor, she, her husband and her aides, pressured and ultimately fired Walter Monegan, the public safety commissioner, for not sacking her brother-in-law, an Alaskan state trooper involved in an ugly divorce with Mrs Palin's sister. —  Jack's Newswatch
  • And one definite bright spot on the horizon is the Bitterfeld-Wolfen Chemical Park -- all 1,200 hectares of it. —  Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE
  • Next on the horizon will be a Christmas tournament in Hawaii. —  hokiesports.com
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horizon:   horizons
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  1. Middle English orizon, from Old French, from Latin, from Greek horizōn (kuklos), limiting (circle), horizon, present participle of horizein, to limit, from horos, boundary.

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  1. Formerly with the accent on the first syllable (in Middle English orizonte on the last), as from the F.; now pron. as if directly from the L.; = Dutch horizon = German horizont = Danish Swedish horisont, from French horizon = Provencal orizon = Spanish Portuguese horizonte = Italian orizzonte, from Latin horīzon (horīzont-), from Greek ὁρίζων (sc. κύκλος), the bounding circle, the horizon, present participle of ὁρίζειν, bound, limit, from ὅρος, a boundary, limit.
 

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