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.

Examples of the world in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Our mission is to take bold Asian stories to audiences worldwide, and a family film told through the world’s most popular sport is built to travel. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026

It was born in 1930 and is today the most popular candy bar in the United States, which undoubtedly means the world. — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026

From the airplane to the transistor, inventions developed in the United States have radically changed how people travel, communicate, manufacture goods, and understand the world. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

The things that were untenable with us were that our views of the world were very different. — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the world

• lifeworld
• unfurled
• curled
• furled
• hurled
• knurled
• swirled
• twirled
• whirled
• whorled
• netherworld
• otherworld