## Meanings
1. The line in the distance where the sky seems to meet the land or sea.
2. The limit of your knowledge, experience, or interest.
3. The range of things that can be expected or imagined.

## Examples
- The sun slowly sank below the horizon.
- Travelling abroad really broadened my horizons.
- New opportunities are appearing on the horizon.

## Derived Forms
- a-horizon
- antihorizon
- circumhorizon
- horizonal
- horizonless
- horizonward
- horizonwards
- subhorizon
- superhorizon
- unhorizoned

## Related Forms
- aorist
- horizontal
- vertical

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: orisonte
- Root: horizon
- Root: horizōn
- Root: ὁρίζων

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English orisonte, orisoun, from Middle French horizon, horizonte, from Old French orisonte, orison, via Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων (horízōn), from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”).

## AI Etymology
Horizon is inherited from Middle English orisonte, orisoun, from Middle French horizon, horizonte, from Old French orisonte, orison, via Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων (horízōn), from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”). In current use, the main senses are “The line in the distance where the sky seems to meet the land or sea” and “The limit of your knowledge, experience, or interest”.

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- Nature & Landscape

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