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world В 
  Audio Help     /wɜrld / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [wurld ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. the earth or globe, considered as a planet.

2. (often initial capital letter ) a particular division of the earth: the Western world.

3. the earth or a part of it, with its inhabitants, affairs, etc., during a particular period: the ancient world.

4. humankind; the human race; humanity: The world must eliminate war and poverty.

5. the public generally: The whole world knows it.

6. the class of persons devoted to the affairs, interests, or pursuits of this life: The world worships success.

7. a particular class of people, with common interests, aims, etc.: the fashionable world.

8. any sphere, realm, or domain, with all pertaining to it: a child's world; the world of dreams; the insect world.

9. everything that exists; the universe; the macrocosm.

10. any complex whole conceived as resembling the universe: the world of the microcosm.

11. one of the three general groupings of physical nature: animal world; mineral world; vegetable world.

12. any period, state, or sphere of existence: this world; the world to come.

13. Often, worlds. a great deal: That vacation was worlds of fun.

14. any indefinitely great expanse.

15. any heavenly body: the starry worlds.

—Idioms 16. bring into the world, a. to give birth to; bear: My grandmother brought nine children into the world.

b. to deliver (a baby): the doctor brought many children into the world.



17. come into the world, to be born: Her first child came into the world in June.

18. for all the world, a. for any consideration, however great: She wouldn't come to visit us for all the world.

b. in every respect; precisely: You look for all the world like my Aunt Mary.



19. in the world, a. at all; ever: I never in the world would have believed such an obvious lie.

b. from among all possibilities: Where in the world did you find that hat?



20. on top of the world. top 1 (def. 46) .

21. out of this or the world, exceptional; fine: The chef prepared a roast duck that was out of this world.

22. set the world on fire, to achieve great fame and success: He didn't seem to be the type to set the world on fire.

23. think the world of, to like or admire greatly: His coworkers think the world of him.

24. world without end, for all eternity; for always.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE world, weorold; c. D wereld, G Welt, ON verǫld, all *wer-ald- lit., age of man ] —Synonyms 1 . See earth.

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world В 
В  Audio Help В В (wГѓВ»rld) В  Pronunciation Key В 

n.В В 

The earth.
The universe.
The earth with its inhabitants.
The inhabitants of the earth; the human race.
Humankind considered as social beings; human society: turned her back on the world.
People as a whole; the public: The event amazed the world.
A sphere of human activity or interest: the world of sports.
A class or group of people with common characteristics or pursuits: the scientific world.
Human existence; life: brought a child into the world.
A state of existence: the next world.

often World A specified part of the earth: the Western World.
A part of the earth and its inhabitants as known at a given period in history: the ancient world.
A realm or domain: the animal world; the world of imagination.
A sphere of human activity or interest: the world of sports.
A class or group of people with common characteristics or pursuits: the scientific world.
Human existence; life: brought a child into the world.
A state of existence: the next world.

A particular way of life: the world of the homeless.
All that relates to or affects the life of a person: He saw his world collapse about him.
Secular life and its concerns: a man of the world.
Human existence; life: brought a child into the world.
A state of existence: the next world.

A large amount; much. Often used in the plural: did her a world of good; candidates that are worlds apart on foreign policy.
A celestial body such as a planet: the possibility of life on other worlds.

adj.В В 

Of or relating to the world: a world champion.
Involving or extending throughout the entire world: a world crisis.

[Middle English, from Old English weorold ; see wī-ro- in Indo-European roots.]

The American HeritageВ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright В© 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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world В 
O.E. woruld, worold "human existence, the affairs of life," also "the human race, mankind," a word peculiar to Gmc. languages (cf. O.S. werold , O.Fris. warld , Du. wereld , O.N. verold, O.H.G. weralt , Ger. Welt ), with a literal sense of "age of man," from P.Gmc. *wer "man" (O.E. wer, still in werewolf ; see virile ) + *ald "age" (see old ). Originally "life on earth, this world (as opposed to the afterlife)," sense extended to "the known world" (e.g. "Greatest Show on Earth"), then to "the physical world in the broadest sense, the universe" (c.1200). In O.E. gospels, the commonest word for "the physical world," was Middangeard (O.N. Midgard ), lit. "the middle enclosure" (cf. yard ), which is rooted in Gmc. cosmology. Gk. kosmos in its ecclesiastical sense of "world of people" sometimes was rendered in Goth. as manaseГѓВѕs, lit. "seed of man." The usual O.N. word was heimr, lit. "abode" (see home). Words for "world" in some other I.E. languages derive from the root for "bottom, foundation" (cf. Ir. domun, O.C.S. duno, related to Eng. deep ); the Lith. word is pasaulis, from pa- "under" + saule "sun." Original sense in world without end, translating L. sГѓВ¦cula sГѓВ¦culorum, and in worldly . L. sГѓВ¦culum can mean both "age" and "world," as can Gk. aion. Worldwide is from 1632. World power in the geopolitical sense first recorded 1900. World-class is attested from 1950, originally of Olympic athletes.

Online Etymology Dictionary, В© 2001 Douglas Harper

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world adjective 1.В  involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"В [syn: global ]В  noun 1.В  everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"В [syn: universe ]В  2.В  people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"В  3.В  all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"В  4.В  the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"В [syn: Earth ]В  5.В  people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"В [syn: populace ]В  6.В  a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"В  7.В  the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"В [syn: worldly concern ]В  8.В  all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used 'humankind' because 'mankind' seemed to slight the women"В 

WordNetВ® 3.0, В© 2006 by Princeton University.

American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

world In addition to the idioms beginning with world , also see all over the place (world) ; best of both worlds ; bring into the world ; come up (in the world) ; dead to the world ; for all the world ; go out (of the world) ; in one's own world ; it's a small world ; laugh and the world laughs with you ; man of the world ; move up (in the world) ; not for all the tea in china (for the world) ; on earth (in the world), what ; on top of the world ; out of this world ; set the world on fire ; think a lot (the world) of ; third world ; with the best will in the world .

The American HeritageВ® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright В© 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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world 1 [wəːld] noun
the planet Earth Example: every country of the world

Arabic: كَوْكَ�¨ �§Ù„�£�±Ù’�¶�Œ �§Ù„�¹�§Ù„ÙŽÙ…
Chinese (Simplified): 世界
Chinese (Traditional): 世界
Czech: svět
Danish: jorden
Dutch: wereld
Estonian: maailm
Finnish: maailma
French: monde
German: die Welt
Greek: ГЋВєГЏВЊГЏВѓГЋВјГЋВїГЏВ‚
Hungarian: fГѓВ¶ld(kereksГѓВ©g), vilГѓВЎg
Icelandic: jГѓВ¶rГѓВ°in
Indonesian: dunia
Italian: mondo

Japanese: 世界
Korean: 지구, 세계
Latvian: pasaule; zeme
Lithuanian: pasaulis
Norwegian: jorda
Polish: Г…В›wiat
Portuguese (Brazil): mundo
Portuguese (Portugal): mundo
Romanian: lume, pământ
Russian: земной шар
Slovak: svet
Slovenian: svet
Spanish: mundo
Swedish: vГѓВ¤rld
Turkish: dГѓВјnya

world 2 [wəːld] noun
the people who live on the planet Earth Example: The whole world is waiting for a cure for cancer.

Arabic: �§Ù„نّ�§�³ �¹Ù„Ù‰ �³ÙŽ�·Ù’�­ �§Ù„�£�±Ù’�¶
Chinese (Simplified): 世人
Chinese (Traditional): 世人
Czech: svět
Danish: verden
Dutch: wereld
Estonian: rahvas, ГѓВјldsus
Finnish: maailma
French: monde
German: die Welt
Greek: ГЋВєГЏВЊГЏВѓГЋВјГЋВїГЏВ‚
Hungarian: vilГѓВЎg
Icelandic: mannkyniГѓВ°
Indonesian: penduduk dunia
Italian: mondo

Japanese: 世界中の人々
Korean: 인ë¥�, 인간
Latvian: pasaule; cilvēce; cilvēki visā pasaulē
Lithuanian: Г…Вѕmonija
Norwegian: folk, alle, (hele) verden
Polish: Г…В›wiat
Portuguese (Brazil): mundo
Portuguese (Portugal): mundo
Romanian: planetă
Russian: мир
Slovak: svet, ľudstvo
Slovenian: svet
Spanish: mundo
Swedish: vГѓВ¤rld
Turkish: DГѓВјnya, herkes, bГѓВјtГѓВјn insanlar

world 3 [wəːld] noun
any planet etc Example: people from other worlds

Arabic: �£ÙŠ كَوْكَ�¨ �¢�®�±
Chinese (Simplified): 天体
Chinese (Traditional): 天體
Czech: svět
Danish: planet
Dutch: wereld
Estonian: maailm(akГѓВµiksus)
Finnish: maailmankaikkeus
French: monde
German: die Welt
Greek: κόσμος, πλανήτης
Hungarian: vilГѓВЎg
Icelandic: heimur, verГѓВ¶ld
Indonesian: planet
Italian: mondo

Japanese: 天体
Korean: 행성
Latvian: pasaule; planēta
Lithuanian: pasaulis
Norwegian: planet, verden
Polish: Г…В›wiat
Portuguese (Brazil): mundo
Portuguese (Portugal): mundo
Romanian: uni­vers
Russian: мир
Slovak: svet, vesmГѓВ­r
Slovenian: svet
Spanish: mundo
Swedish: vГѓВ¤rld
Turkish: DГѓВјnya

world 4 [wəːld] noun
a state of existence Example: Many people believe that after death the soul enters the next world; Do concentrate! You seem to be living in another world.

Arabic: �¹�§Ù„ÙŽÙ…�Œ وُ�¬Ùˆ�¯
Chinese (Simplified): 世界
Chinese (Traditional): 世界
Czech: svět
Danish: verden
Dutch: wereld
Estonian: ilm
Finnish: elГѓВ¤mГѓВ¤
French: monde
German: die Welt
Greek: ГЋВєГЏВЊГЏВѓГЋВјГЋВїГЏВ‚, ГЏВЌГЏВЂГЋВ±ГЏВЃГЋВѕГЋВ·
Hungarian: vilГѓВЎg
Icelandic: (annar) heimur, annaГѓВ° tilverustig
Indonesian: alam
Italian: mondo

Japanese: 世
Korean: 이승, 저승
Latvian: pasaule
Lithuanian: pasaulis
Norwegian: verden, tilvГѓВ¦relse
Polish: Г…В›wiat
Portuguese (Brazil): mundo
Portuguese (Portugal): mundo
Romanian: lume, planetă
Russian: мир
Slovak: svet
Slovenian: svet
Spanish: mundo
Swedish: vГѓВ¤rld, liv
Turkish: varlık, mevcudiyet

world 5 [wəːld] noun
an area of life or activity Example: the insect world; the world of the international businessman

Arabic: �¹�§Ù„ÙŽÙ… �Œ مَ�¬�§Ù„
Chinese (Simplified): 领域
Chinese (Traditional): é �域
Czech: svět
Danish: verden
Dutch: wereld
Estonian: maailm, keskkond
Finnish: maailma
French: monde
German: die Welt
Greek: κόσμος, πληθυσμός
Hungarian: vilГѓВЎg
Icelandic: tilgreint sviГѓВ°; heimur, rГѓВ­ki
Indonesian: dunia
Italian: mondo

Japanese: ～界
Korean: …계(界)
Latvian: pasaule; vide
Lithuanian: pasaulis
Norwegian: verden, rike
Polish: Г…В›wiat
Portuguese (Brazil): mundo
Portuguese (Portugal): mundo
Romanian: lume
Russian: мир
Slovak: svet, rГѓВ­Г…ВЎa, sfГѓВ©ra
Slovenian: svet
Spanish: mundo
Swedish: vГѓВ¤rld
Turkish: … dünyası, … âlemi

world 6 [wəːld] noun
a great deal Example: The holiday did him a/the world of good.

Arabic: مق�¯�§�±�§Ù‹ �¹ÙŽ�¸ÙŠÙ…�§
Chinese (Simplified): 大量
Chinese (Traditional): 大量
Czech: velmi mnoho
Danish: gГѓВёre godt
Dutch: een hoop
Estonian: kГѓВµvasti, palju
Finnish: valtavan
French: le plus grand bien
German: eine Unmenge
Greek: πολύ, σε μεγάλο βαθμό
Hungarian: rengeteg
Icelandic: mjГѓВ¶g mikiГѓВ°
Indonesian: banyak
Italian: mondo

Japanese: 多く
Korean: 다ìˆ�, 다량
Latvian: milzums
Lithuanian: daugybė
Norwegian: meget (godt), alt
Polish: moc, mnГѓВіstwo
Portuguese (Brazil): colosso
Portuguese (Portugal): imenso
Romanian: un mare bine
Russian: масса
Slovak: veľmi veľa
Slovenian: obilo
Spanish: inmenso
Swedish: oГѓВ¤ndligt
Turkish: dГѓВјnya kadar, bГѓВјyГѓВјk miktar

world 7 [wəːld] noun
the lives and ways of ordinary people Example: He's been a monk for so long that he knows nothing of the (outside) world.

Arabic: �­ÙŽÙŠ�§�© �§Ù„�¹�§Ù„ÙŽÙ…�Œ �§Ù„نّ�§�³ �§Ù„�¹�§�¯ÙŠÙŠÙ†
Chinese (Simplified): 人世间
Chinese (Traditional): 人世間
Czech: svět
Danish: verden (udenfor)
Dutch: wereld
Estonian: maailm
Finnish: maailmanmeno
French: monde
German: die Welt
Greek: κόσμος, ζωή
Hungarian: vilГѓВЎg
Icelandic: veraldarvafstur
Indonesian: dunia
Italian: mondo

Japanese: 世間
Korean: 세상, 사회, 세상 물정
Latvian: pasaule; pasaulīgā dzīve
Lithuanian: pasaulis
Norwegian: hverdagslivet, den vanlige verden
Polish: Г…В›wiat
Portuguese (Brazil): mundo
Portuguese (Portugal): mundo
Romanian: lume
Russian: мир
Slovak: svet, Г…Вѕivot
Slovenian: svet
Spanish: mundo
Swedish: vГѓВ¤rld, liv
Turkish: dış dünya, *âlem

See also: worldly , worldwide , for all the world , out of this world , the best of both worlds , what in the world(?)

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World Welt"schmertz`\, n. [G., fr. welt world + schmertz pain. See World ; Smart , v. i.] Sorrow or sadness over the present or future evils or woes of the world in general; sentimental pessimism.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, В© 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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"'World'" is a common noun for the planet '[[Earth]]' seen from a human point of
view, as a place inhabited by human beings. It is often used to signify the sum
of human experience and history, or the 'human condition' in general.

In a metaphysical context, World may refer to the Universe, everything that
constitutes reality: see World (philosophy)