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world
(w/[@]/rld )

noun (n)

  • everything that exists anywhere(noun.object)
    Synonym:
    cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, universe
    source: wordnet30
  • people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest(noun.group)
    Example:
    The Western world.
    Synonym:
    domain
    source: wordnet30
  • all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    His world was shattered.
    We live in different worlds.
    Synonym:
    reality
    source: wordnet30
  • the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on(noun.object)
    Example:
    He sailed around the world.
    Synonym:
    earth, globe
    source: wordnet30
  • people in general considered as a whole(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    populace, public
    source: wordnet30
  • a part of the earth that can be considered separately(noun.object)
    Example:
    The outdoor world.
    The world of insects.
    source: wordnet30
  • the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    They consider the church to be independent of the world.
    Synonym:
    earth, earthly concern, worldly concern
    source: wordnet30
  • all of the living human inhabitants of the earth(noun.animal)
    Example:
    All the world loves a lover.
    Synonym:
    human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind
    source: wordnet30
  • The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope(adj.all)
    Example:
    A world crisis.
    Of worldwide significance.
    Synonym:
    global, planetary, world-wide, worldwide
    source: wordnet30
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