the world
noun
1
: the earth and all the people and things on it
He is famous throughout the world.
They sailed around the world.
The product is shipped halfway around/across the world.
The island was cut off from the rest of the world.
They want to see/travel the world.
2
: the people in the world
She felt that the world was against her.
They announced their discovery to the world.
The world watched as he attempted to break the Olympic record.
She felt the eyes of the world watching her.
3
: all that is important : everything
I would give my children the world if I could.
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Each spring, tulips burst across the city in a riot of color, drawing visitors from around the world.
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Staff, USA Today, 8 June 2026
About intermittent success, too, followed by inevitable regression in the only game the United States takes seriously yet cannot seem to conquer the world in.
—Leander Schaerlaeckens
june 8, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
If there’s any justice in the world, that will mean every regional theater in the country will be producing Liberation in two years.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 June 2026
That deep connection to the ocean goes back to the ancient Polynesians, who were the world’s first watermen, using their intimate knowledge of the ocean to navigate the Pacific, discovering Hawaii thousands of years ago.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
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Staff, USA Today, 8 June 2026
About intermittent success, too, followed by inevitable regression in the only game the United States takes seriously yet cannot seem to conquer the world in.
—Leander Schaerlaeckens
june 8, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
If there’s any justice in the world, that will mean every regional theater in the country will be producing Liberation in two years.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 June 2026
That deep connection to the ocean goes back to the ancient Polynesians, who were the world’s first watermen, using their intimate knowledge of the ocean to navigate the Pacific, discovering Hawaii thousands of years ago.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
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“The world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20world. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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