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world
- Main Entry:
- 1world
- Pronunciation:
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\ˈwər(-ə)ld\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English, from Old English woruld human existence, this world, age (akin to Old High German weralt age, world); akin to Old English wer man, eald old — more at virile, old
- Date:
- before 12th century
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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