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on the horizon

on the ho·ri·zon
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [on, awn stressed th ee huh-rahy-zuh n]
    • /ɒn, ɔn stressed ði həˈraɪ zən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [on, awn stressed th ee huh-rahy-zuh n]
    • /ɒn, ɔn stressed ði həˈraɪ zən/

Definitions of on the horizon words

  • adverb on the horizon between land and sky 1
  • adverb on the horizon coming up, ahead 1
  • phrase on the horizon If something is on the horizon, it is almost certainly going to happen or be done quite soon. 0
  • noun on the horizon likely or about to happen or appear 0
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Parts of speech for On the horizon

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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on the horizon popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for on the horizon

adj on the horizon

  • imminent — likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent.
  • impending — about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.
  • in store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
  • in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.

adjective on the horizon

  • gathering — a drawing together; contraction.
  • inevasible — Incapable of being evaded.
  • looming — a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog: the loom of a moraine directly in their path.
All 11 Synonyms of on the horizon

Antonyms for on the horizon

adjective on the horizon

  • never — not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
Just one Antonym for on the horizon

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