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World
1 a: the earthly state of human existence b: life after death —used with a qualifier <the next world>2: the earth with its inhabitants and all things upon it3: individual course of life : career4: the inhabitants of the earth : the human race5 a: the concerns of the earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven and the life to come b: secular affairs6: the system of created things : universe7 a: a division or generation of the inhabitants of the earth distinguished by living together at the same place or at the same time <the medieval world> b: a distinctive class of persons or their sphere of interest or activity <the academic world> <the digital world>8: human society <withdraw from the world>9: a part or section of the earth that is a separate independent unit10: the sphere or scene of one's life and action <living in your own little world>11: an indefinite multitude or a great quantity or distance <makes a world of difference> <a world away>12: the whole body of living persons : public <announced their discovery to the world>13: kingdom 5 <the animal world>14: a celestial body (as a planet)
— for all the world
: in every way : exactly <copies which look for all the world like the original>
— in the world
: among innumerable possibilities : ever —used as an intensive <what in the world is it>
— out of this world
: of extraordinary excellence : superb
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