Word.ws English Dictionary

broadening someone's horizons

broadening someone's horizons is the present participle and gerund of broaden someone's horizons.

Meaning of broaden someone's horizons

Verb

broaden someone's horizons (third-person singular simple present broadens someone's horizons, present participle broadening someone's horizons, simple past and past participle broadened someone's horizons)

  1. (idiomatic) To increase someone's interests, skills, or experiences beyond their current range.
    • He broadened his horizons by finally trying Vietnamese cuisine.

Questions about broadening someone's horizons

What is broadening someone's horizons the present participle and gerund of?
Broadening someone's horizons is the present participle and gerund of broaden someone's horizons.

Words near broadening someone's horizons in the dictionary

  1. broadener
  2. broadeners
  3. broadenest
  4. broadeneth
  5. broadening
  6. broadening someone's horizons
  7. broadeningly
  8. broadenings
  9. broadens
  10. broadens someone's horizons
  11. broader

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: broadening someone's horizons (page history and authors); broaden someone's horizons (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “broadening someone's horizons.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/broadening_someone%27s_horizons. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.