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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The nineteen-fifties and sixties and even the early seventies were still a time of innocence and hope in Pakistan, echoed around the world in the florescence of the hippies and yippies and the dancing youth.
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Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
To my mind, that strange, wild man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world's greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived.
—Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
By far the best sentences in her new novel are those setting down the world as seen through Catt’s eyes.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Her music has drawn the admiration of artists across the world.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
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Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
To my mind, that strange, wild man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world's greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived.
—Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
By far the best sentences in her new novel are those setting down the world as seen through Catt’s eyes.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Her music has drawn the admiration of artists across the world.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the world
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“The world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20world. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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