Definition of world World
/wɚˈld/ - [werld] - world
We found 42 definitions of world from 8 different sources.
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What does world mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: worlds |
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| world - 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" | ||
| human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man | ||
| human, human being, homo, man any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | ||
| group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | ||
| world - people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world" | ||
| domain | ||
| social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) | ||
| academe, academia the academic world | ||
| world - 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" | ||
| reality | ||
| experience the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher" | ||
| world - a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects" | ||
| world - the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world" | ||
| Earth, earth, globe | ||
| solar system the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field | ||
| atmosphere, air the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air" | ||
| hemisphere either half of the cerebrum | ||
| van allen belt a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field | ||
| hydrosphere the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor | ||
| dry land, solid ground, terra firma, earth, ground, land the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); "it was hell on earth" | ||
| geosphere, lithosphere the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle | ||
| world - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" | ||
| universe, existence, creation, cosmos, macrocosm | ||
| natural object an object occurring naturally; not made by man | ||
| celestial body, heavenly body natural objects visible in the sky | ||
| closed universe (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter | ||
| estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere | ||
| natural order the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws | ||
| world - people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public" | ||
| populace, public | ||
| people members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?" | ||
| admass the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British) | ||
| world - the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world" | ||
| worldly concern, earthly concern, earth | ||
| concern something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- world (Noun)
Human collective existence; existence in general. - world (Noun)
The Universe. - world (Noun)
The Earth. - world (Noun)
A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable. - world (Noun)
An individual or group perspective or social setting. - world (Noun)
A great amount. - world (Verb)
To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focussing on national or other distinctions; compare globalise. - world (Verb)
To make real; to make worldly.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- world (n.)
The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe. - world (n.)
Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds. - world (n.)
The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests. - world (n.)
In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world. - world (n.)
The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world. - world (n.)
Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew. - world (n.)
The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind. - world (n.)
The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind. - world (n.)
As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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The Earth with all its inhabitants and all things upon it. -
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The third planet (counted from the center) of our solar system. -
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Everything that exists anywhere. -
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Social context of a person. -
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Human collective existence. -
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A planet,especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable. -
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A great amount. -
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A state or place of existence other than that on Earth. -
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A state or place of existence other than that of contemporary life. -
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A domain or sphere in which something exists.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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All the world and his wife; every body, a great company.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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One half of the world knows not how the other half lives. -
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The world is his who knows how to wait for it. -
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The world was never so dull but if one won't another will. -
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This world is nothing except it tend to the next.
Wikipedia 
- World usually means a planet. When people say "the world" they usually mean the planet Earth. Humans live in the world. The Earth is the only planet that we know of that has life.
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🔤- world, noun, singular of worlds.
- world, adjective.
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