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horizon · She wanted to travel to broaden her horizons. · The company needs new horizons now. Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofhorizonnounfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary horizonnoun  /həˈraɪzn/ /həˈraɪzn/Idioms jumptootherresults enlargeimage thehorizon[singular]thefurthestthatyoucansee,wheretheskyseemstomeetthelandortheseaThesunsankbelowthehorizon.Ashipappearedonthehorizon.ExtraExamplesIwatchedthepalesunclimboverthehorizon.Landwasstilloutofsightbeyondthehorizon.Thecaptainscannedthehorizonforanysignofothervessels.Themoonwasrisingoverthehorizon.Theseastretchedawaytothedistanthorizon.Thesunwassinkingrapidlybelowthewesternhorizon.TopicsWeatherc1,Geographyc1OxfordCollocationsDictionaryadjectivenorthernsouthernetc.…verb+horizonscanprepositionabovethehorizonbelowthehorizonbeyondthehorizon…Seefullentry Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp.  [countable,usuallyplural]thelimitofyourdesires,knowledgeorinterestsShewantedtotraveltobroadenherhorizons.Thecompanyneedsnewhorizonsnow.ExtraExamplesTheyhadbecomeawareofpossibilitiesbeyondtheirownlimitedhorizons.Theirhorizonswerelimitedtoeventswithinthetowncommunity.Myfirsttriptothetheatrebroadenedmyculturalhorizons.Itishopedthatthecoursewillopenupnewhorizonsforstudents.Hishorizonsdidn'tstretchbeyondhisnextgame.HertripstoAsiahavebroadenedherculturalhorizons.OxfordCollocationsDictionaryadjectivelimitednarrownew…verb+horizonsbroadenexpandopenup…horizons+verbstretchprepositionbeyondyourhorizonSeefullentry WordOriginlateMiddleEnglish:viaOldFrenchfromlateLatinhorizon,fromGreekhorizōn(kuklos)‘limiting(circle)’.IdiomsonthehorizonlikelytohappensoonThere'stroubleloomingonthehorizon.SeehorizonintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeehorizonintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: horizon Otherresults Allmatches Horizon Nearbywords Horace hordenoun horizonnoun Horizon horizontaladjective summarize verb     FromtheWordlist OPALwrittenwords OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay