Meaning of "world" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of world

1. (n) the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"

2. (n) 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"

3. (n) all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind'' because `mankind'' seemed to slight the women"

4. (n) people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"

5. (n) people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

6. (n) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"

7. (n) everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

8. (n) a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"

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