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

Iran has escalated attacks on its Gulf neighbors since Israel bombed its massive South Pars offshore natural gas field, while keeping a stranglehold on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil and other critical goods are transported. —Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026

South Pars, the Iranian part of the world's largest gas field, is located offshore in the Persian Gulf and owned jointly with Qatar. —CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026

Everybody wants to rule the world. —Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026

The South Korean player, ranked eighth in the world, won the 2015 Founders Cup in Phoenix for the second of her seven LPGA Tour titles. —ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for the world

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