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Above all, we owe it to the children of the world to stop the conflicts and to create new horizons for them.
F. W. de Klerk

Meaning of "horizons" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HORIZONS

horizons  [həˈraɪzənz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORIZONS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Horizons is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HORIZONS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Horizon (disambiguation)

Horizon is the line at which the sky and the Earth's surface appear to meet. Horizon or horizons may also refer to...

Definition of horizons in the English dictionary

The definition of horizons in the dictionary is Your horizons are the limits of what you want to do or of what you are interested or involved in.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HORIZONS


buttons
ˈbʌtənz
commons
ˈkɒmənz
communications
kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃənz
conditions
kənˈdɪʃənz
congratulations
kənˌɡrætjʊˈleɪʃənz
connections
kəˈnɛkʃənz
directions
dɪˈrɛkʃənz
dozens
ˈdʌzənz
Evans
ˈɛvənz
gardens
ˈɡɑːdənz
instructions
ɪnˈstrʌkʃənz
limitations
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃənz
Lions
ˈlaɪənz
millions
ˈmɪljənz
occasions
əˈkeɪʒənz
orthocousins
ˈɔːθəʊˌkʌzənz
persons
ˈpɜːsənz
ramsons
ˈræmzənz
relations
rɪˈleɪʃənz
sessions
ˈsɛʃənz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORIZONS

horde
hordein
hordeolum
Hordern
Horeb
horehound
hori
horiatiki
horizon
horizonal
horizonless
horizontal
horizontal bar
horizontal mobility
horizontal stabilizer
horizontal union
horizontality
horizontally
horizontalness
horkey

WORDS THAT END LIKE HORIZONS

accommodations
admissions
alterations
combinations
demons
foundations
frequently asked questions
go through the motions
Hons
intentions
jump to conclusions
provisions
public relations
reflections
representations
telecommunications
the Commons
tons
transactions
United Nations

Synonyms and antonyms of horizons in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HORIZONS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «horizons» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of horizons

Translation of «horizons» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORIZONS

Find out the translation of horizons to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of horizons from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «horizons» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

视野
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

horizontes
570 millions of speakers

English

horizons
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्षितिज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

آفاق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

горизонты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

horizontes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দিগন্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

horizons
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ufuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Horizonte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地平
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지평
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cakrawala
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chân trời
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எல்லைகளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षितीज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ufuklar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orizzonti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

horyzonty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

горизонти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orizonturi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ορίζοντες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

horisonne
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

horisonter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

horisonter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of horizons

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HORIZONS»

The term «horizons» is very widely used and occupies the 7.861 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HORIZONS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «horizons» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «horizons» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about horizons

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10 QUOTES WITH «HORIZONS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word horizons.
1
Ahmed Ben Bella
When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
2
Ezra Taft Benson
Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and good health that may ignore the caution of temperance. Youth is a period of timelessness when the horizons of age seem too distant to be noticed.
3
James Broughton
I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action.
4
Julian Castro
My grandmother's generation and generations before always saw beyond the horizons of their own lives and their own circumstances. They believed that opportunity created today would lead to prosperity tomorrow.
5
Patrick Demarchelier
When you grow up in the country in France, you have small horizons.
6
Heather Dubrow
I do regret that when I went to college, I didn't have a liberal arts education. I got a BFA in musical theater, so it was a very directed toward what I was doing. I wish that I had expanded my horizons a little bit.
7
Trevor Dunn
I need to broaden my horizons.
8
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
With creative people, truly new horizons open up.
9
F. W. de Klerk
Above all, we owe it to the children of the world to stop the conflicts and to create new horizons for them.
10
Gary Hamel
An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORIZONS»

Discover the use of horizons in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to horizons and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Horizons
Horizons fully integrates the strategies of the Foundation Subjects strand of the Key Stage 3 National Strategy and provides accessible material for exciting and motivating lessons as well as customizable planning support.
David Gardner, John Smith, 2004
2
Horizons
Through varied interactive activities and clear grammar explanations, the text helps students communicate effectively in French while culturally connecting them to the Francophone world.
Joan Manley, Stuart Smith, John McMinn, 2011
3
Horizons: Exploring the Universe
Fully updated to reflect the latest cutting-edge discoveries, the Twelfth Edition of Mike Seeds's and Dana Backman's best-selling HORIZONS: EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE engages students by focusing on two central questions: How Do We Know? which ...
Michael Seeds, Dana Backman, 2011
4
Dark Horizons: Science Fiction and the Dystopian Imagination
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Tom Moylan, Raffaella Baccolini, 2013
5
New Horizons in Geometry
New Horizons in Geometry represents the fruits of 15 years of work in geometry by a remarkable team of prize-winning authors—Tom Apostol and Mamikon Mnatsakanian.
Tom Apostol, 2012
6
Horizons
After their plane crashes on a remote Pacific island, Kelly Kennedy and her fellow survivors--an orphaned baby, a husband accused of killing his wife, and handsome architectural engineer Zach Goldstein--must battle the forces of nature, and ...
Catherine Hart, 1997
7
Imaginative Horizons: An Essay in Literary-Philosophical ...
How do they limit possibility? These questions are central to all the human sciences. Here, Vincent Crapanzano offers a powerfully creative new way to think about human experience: the notion of imaginative horizons.
Vincent Crapanzano, 2010
8
Horizons: the Tata-India century, 1904-2004
History of the Tata Group, business conglomerate of India, justaposed with history of modern India and industrialization; includes biographies of Nasarwanji Jamsetji Tata, 1839-1904, Naval Tata, and Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, b. 1904.
Aman Nath, Jay Vithalani, Tulsi Vatsal, 2005
9
Red Horizons: The True Story of Nicolae and Elena ...
A Communist spy chief reveals the unbridled and oppressive power wielded by the Party in Romania and other Eastern Bloc countries
Ion Mihai Pacepa, 1990
10
Knowledge Horizons: The Present and the Promise of Knowledge ...
This volume charts the future for knowledge management. It is a contributed work and draws from 25 leaders in the area, including managers, consultants and academics. It covers a very intellectual horizon.
Charles Despres, Daniele Chauvel, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORIZONS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term horizons is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New Horizons Reveals Ice Mountains on Pluto - The New York Times
A day after its successful flyby, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sent back the first close-up photographs of Pluto, revealing a young surface ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Big Discovery from NASA's New Horizons; Pluto is Biggest Kuiper …
Measurements by New Horizons gathered just in the past few days as the ... On July 11, 2015, New Horizons captured a world that is growing ... «Universe Today, Jul 15»
3
Pluto's 'planet' debate reignited by New Horizons flyby
(CNN) Pluto hasn't gotten this much attention since the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reclassified it as a dwarf planet in 2006. «CNN, Jul 15»
4
Idaho-made battery powers New Horizons spacecraft - KTVB.com
BOISE -- The spacecraft New Horizons that snapped close up photos ... It took 9 1/2 years for the New Horizons spacecraft to travel to Pluto and ... «KTVB, Jul 15»
5
New Horizons spacecraft shows off ice mountains on Pluto
This Tuesday image provided by NASA on Wednesday shows Pluto's largest moon, Charon, made by the New Horizons spacecraft. «LA Daily News, Jul 15»
6
Pluto: From Hubble to New Horizons. - Slate Magazine
And remember, the New Horizons shot is from before the closest approach! We'll be getting much, much higher resolution images soon. «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Hazleton area native part of New Horizons team
New Horizons is the spacecraft that is now taking up-close images of Pluto, as scientists gain more information about it over the next 16 months. «Republican & Herald, Jul 15»
8
Nasa unveils 'surprise' Pluto photos and New Horizons discoveries …
We're going to close our live coverage of the New Horizons mission to Pluto with a quick summary of Nasa's most recent revelations from the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Photos: NASA Releases New, Spectacular Images From New …
NASA has released more images of Pluto from the historic New Horizons probe flyby, offering us mere mortals the best look at the ... «Gothamist, Jul 15»
10
The New Horizons team refers to a dark patch on Pluto's moon as …
NASA on Wednesday unveiled its first close-up photos of the planet Pluto, as taken by the New Horizons probe. Among the many cool things ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»

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