horizons
Sayhuh-RY-zuhnz/həˈɹaɪ.zənz/
- 1Plural of horizon.
The painter studied how light behaved across different horizons throughout the day.
Reading widely broadened her intellectual horizons in unexpected ways.
Note
A regular plural with a plain -s, and the form where the figurative meaning does much of its work. People broaden, widen or expand their horizons, meaning the reach of what they know and have experienced. The literal plural is less common, because a view usually has one skyline. In soil science the plural comes naturally, since soil layers are described in stacked series.
horizons is a form of horizon
horizon, noun: The visible line in the distance where the sky appears to meet the earth or sea. Full entry
- Forms
- horizonhorizons plural
- Spelling
- horizon → horizons: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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