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- DictionaryWorld/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 human and social interaction: "he has almost completely withdrawn from the world" Similar societyhigh societysecular intereststemporal concernsearthly concernshuman existence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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