Definition
Meaning of 'world'
Meaning of 'world' (Webster Dictionary)
1. World 
[ n.]
- The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the
system of created things; existent creation; the universe. [ 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.
- The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests.
- 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.
- The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.
- 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.
- The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind.
- 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.
- As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number.
Meaning of 'world' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. world [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
Example in sentence:
- all the world loves a lover;
- she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women
Meaning (2):
- people in general considered as a whole
- people in general considered as a whole
Example in sentence:
- he is a hero in the eyes of the public
Meaning (3):
- all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
- all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
Example in sentence:
- for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were;
- his world was shattered;
- we live in different worlds
Meaning (4):
- the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
- the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
Example in sentence:
- he sailed around the world;
- the Earth moves around the sun
Meaning (5):
- a part of the earth that can be considered separately
- a part of the earth that can be considered separately
Example in sentence:
- the outdoor world;
- the world of insects
Meaning (6):
- people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
- people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
Example in sentence:
- the Western world
Meaning (7):
- the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
- the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
Example in sentence:
- they consider the church to be independent of the world
Meaning (8):
- everything that exists anywhere
- everything that exists anywhere
Example in sentence:
- the biggest tree in existence;
- they study the evolution of the universe
2. world [ s]
[ s]Meaning (9):
- involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
- involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
Example in sentence:
- a world crisis;
- global monetary policy;
- global war;
- neither national nor continental but planetary;
- of worldwide significance
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