World
[wɜːld] or [wɝld]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; 'the Western world'.
(noun.) a part of the earth that can be considered separately; 'the outdoor world'; 'the world of insects'.
Typist: Robbie--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests.
(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.
(n.) The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the 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.
(n.) The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind.
(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.
(n.) As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number.
Edited by Barrett
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Universe, cosmos, creation, nature.[2]. Earth, globe, terraqueous globe.[3]. Planet, heavenly body.[4]. Life, things, human affairs, secular affairs, affairs of life, social life, ways of men, course of things, stream of time.[5]. Public, society, people, men, mankind, human race.
Checker: Myrna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Globe, earth, universe, cosmos_people
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Definition
n. the earth and its inhabitants: the system of things: present state of existence: any planet or heavenly body: public life or society: an organic whole: business: the public: a secular life: course of life: a very large extent of country as the 'New World:' very much or a great deal as 'a world of good:' time as in the phrase 'world without end'=eternally: possibility as in 'nothing in the world:' (B.) the ungodly.—adjs. Worl′ded containing worlds; World′-har′dened hardened by the love of worldly things.—ns. World′-lang′uage a universal language; World′liness; World′ling one who is devoted to worldly or temporal possessions.—adjs. World′ly pertaining to the world esp. as distinguished from the world to come: devoted to this life and its enjoyments: bent on gain—also adv.; World′ly-mind′ed having the mind set on the present world.—n. World′ly-mind′edness.—adjs. World′ly-wise wise in this world's affairs; World′-old exceedingly ancient; World′-wea′ried -wea′ry tired of the world; World′wide wide or extensive as the world.—All the world everybody: everything; All the world and his wife (coll.) everybody: also an ill-assorted mass; A world a great deal; Carry the world before one to pass to success through every obstacle; For all the world precisely entirely; Go to the world (Shak.) to get married; In the world an intensive phrase usually following an interrogative pronoun or adverb.—The New World the western hemisphere the Americas; The Old World the eastern hemisphere comprising Europe Africa and Asia; The other world the non-material sphere the spiritual world; The whole world the sum of what is contained in the world; The world's end the most distant point possible.
Editor: Manuel
Examples
- A piece of tapestry over a door also showed a blue-green world with a pale stag in it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- For a short while the world outside of Menlo Park held Edison's claims in derision. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As yet only China knew of the Huns; there were no Turks in Western Turkestan or anywhere else then, no Tartars in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As the glare of day mellowed into twilight, we looked down upon a picture which is celebrated all over the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Emma would not have smiled for the world, and only said, Is Mr. Elton gone on foot to Donwell? Jane Austen. Emma.
- The world of sense is still depreciated and identified with opinion, though admitted to be a shadow of the true. Plato. The Republic.
- I hinted that the climate-- The finest climate in the world! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was the superficial unreal world of fact. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Famous clients of ours that got us a world of credit. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Outwardly it is very like the world before the war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Where Judy Trenor led, all the world would follow; and Lily had the doomed sense of the castaway who has signalled in vain to fleeing sails. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Human nature appears to be just the same, all over the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She did not believe in the spiritual world--it was an affectation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Oh, I know naught of the work-a-day world! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Many were convinced that the end of the world was at hand, and strove to fix their thoughts solely on the world to come. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I believe you were glad we danced no longer; but I would have given worldsall the worlds one ever has to givefor another half-hour. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I would not have missed it for worlds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Snodgrass seized his friend's hand warmly, as he enthusiastically replied, 'Not for worlds! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Not for ten thousand worlds, Misse! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- For all practical purposes, they represent two independent worlds. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Worlds could not have tempted either me, or my _femme de chambre_, to have passed another night alone in that house. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My dear fellow, said the colonel, I would not for worlds spoil your comfort. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Not for worlds would she enter there. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I wouldn't have it, for a thousand worlds. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He regarded the universe as an infinity of worlds acted upon by an eternal Agent, and full of beings, tending through their vario us states to a final perfection. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I am a citizen of two worlds; Captain John Carter of Virginia, Prince of the House of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It's the best of old worlds! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Activity is divided, and two separate worlds are built up, occupying activity at divided periods. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Baden Powell, in his Essays on the Unity of Worlds, 1855. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- For worlds would not I have had a letter of hers seen by YOU in former days. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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