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   World

   /wər(ə)ld/

   

   noun

   • 1. the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features: "he was doing his bit to save the world" Similar earthglobeplanetsphere
   • ▪ all of the people, societies, and institutions on the earth: "the whole world hates a Monday" Similar everyoneeverybodyeach and every onepeoplemankindhumankindhumanitypeople everywherethe whole worldthe world at largethe publicthe general publicthe populationthe populaceall and sundryevery mother's sonevery Tom, Dick, and Harryevery man jack
   • ▪ denoting one of the most important or influential people or things of its class: "a world superstar"
   • ▪ another planet like the earth: "the possibility of life on other worlds" Similar planetsatellitemoonstarheavenly bodyorb
   • ▪ the material universe or all that exists; everything.
   • 2. a region or group of countries: "the English-speaking world"
   • ▪ a particular period of history: "the ancient world"
   • ▪ a group of living things: "the animal world"
   • ▪ the people, places, and activities to do with a particular thing: "they were a legend in the world of British theater" Similar spheresocietycirclearenamilieuprovincedomainterritoryorbitpreserverealmfielddisciplineareadepartmentsectorsectiongroupdivision
   • ▪ a person's life and activities: "he felt his whole world had collapsed"
   • 3. human and social interaction: "he has almost completely withdrawn from the world" Similar societyhigh societysecular intereststemporal concernsearthly concernshuman existence
   • ▪ secular interests and affairs: "parents are not viewed as the primary educators of their own children, either in the world or in the Church"
   • ▪ a stage of human life, either mortal or after death: "in this world and the next"

   Word Origin Old Englishw(e)oruld, from a Germanic compound meaning ‘age of man’; related to Dutch wereld and German Welt.

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   The meaning of WORLD is the earthly state of human existence. How to use world in a sentence.

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   What does world mean?

   • The meaning of WORLD is the earthly state of human existence. How to use world in a sentence.

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   What does world mean in a sentence?

   • loading examples... The noun world usually refers to the earth, including both the planet itself and the organisms that live on it. If you say, "I want to get out and see the world," you want to go everywhere and see everything.

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   Where does the word world come from?

   • The English word world comes from the Old English weorold. The Old English is a reflex of the Common Germanic *weraldiz, a compound of weraz 'man' and aldiz 'age', thus literally meaning roughly 'age of man'; [ 2] this word led to Old Frisian warld, Old Saxon werold, Old Dutch werolt, Old High German weralt, and Old Norse verǫld. [ 3]

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   Is there a world?

   • This might be even understood in the sense that, strictly speaking, there are no worlds at all. [ 57] Another approach understands worlds in a schematic sense: as context-dependent expressions that stand for the current domain of discourse.

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   Sep 2, 2014 · WORLD definition: 1. the earth and all the people, places, and things on it: 2. a group of things such as countries…. Learn more.

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   noun. the earth or globe, considered as a planet. (often initial capital letter) a particular division of the earth: the Western world. the earth or a part of it, with its inhabitants, affairs, etc., during a particular period: the ancient world. humankind; the human race; humanity: The world must eliminate war and poverty. the public generally:

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   In philosophy, the term world has several possible meanings. In some contexts, it refers to everything that makes up reality or the physical universe. In others, it can mean have a specific ontological sense (see world disclosure).

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   Definition of world noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   The noun world usually refers to the earth, including both the planet itself and the organisms that live on it. If you say, "I want to get out and see the world," you want to go everywhere and see everything.