Definitions for world

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world world

Spelling: [wurld]

IPA: /wɜrld/

World is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in world (dlorw).

Definitions for world

noun

1. the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
2. (often initial capital letter) a particular division of the earth:
3. the earth or a part of it, with its inhabitants, affairs, etc., during a particular period:
4. humankind; the human race; humanity:
5. the public generally:
6. the class of persons devoted to the affairs, interests, or pursuits of this life:
7. a particular class of people, with common interests, aims, etc.:
8. any sphere, realm, or domain, with all pertaining to it:
9. everything that exists; the universe; the macrocosm.
10. any complex whole conceived as resembling the universe:
11. one of the three general groupings of physical nature:
12. any period, state, or sphere of existence:
13. Often, worlds. a great deal:
14. any indefinitely great expanse.
15. any heavenly body:

Idioms

1. bring into the world, to give birth to; bear: to deliver (a baby):
2. come into the world, to be born:
3. for all the world, for any consideration, however great: in every respect; precisely:
4. in the world, at all; ever: from among all possibilities:
5. on top of the world. top1 (def 47).
6. out of this / the world, exceptional; fine:
7. set the world on fire, to achieve great fame and success:
8. think the world of, to like or admire greatly:
9. world without end, for all eternity; for always.

Origin of world

before 900; Middle English; Old English world, weorold; cognate with Dutch wereld, German Welt, Old Norse verǫld, all Germanic *wer-ald- literally, age of man

Examples for world

Paralus breathes and moves, but is apparently unconscious of existence in this world.

I have sought for thee throughout the world, and at last I believed thee dead.

Have a look at this telling research from Pew on blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world.

Allegations of transphobia are not new in the world of gay online dating.

The world that Black Dynamite lives in is not the most PC place to be in.

All pursuits that serve to connect the soul with the world whence it came are rejected.

People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.

You live for immortality in this world; I live for immortality in another.

A light not of this world is gleaming there; and it has grown brighter and clearer since we parted.

To most of the world, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is a convicted sex offender and a financial grifter.