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world

noun
/wɜːld/UK/wɜɹld/CA/wɵːld/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world From Middle English world, from Old English weorold (“world”), from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz (“lifetime, human existence, world”, literally “age/era of man”), equivalent to wer (“man”) + eld (“age”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English mounde (“world”), from Old French monde, munde (“world”). Cognates Cognate with Scots warld (“world”), North Frisian Wārel, wäält, wråål (“world”), Saterland Frisian Waareld (“world”), West Frisian wrâld (“world”), Afrikaans wêreld (“world”), Bavarian Wöd (“world”), Dutch wereld (“world”), German, Luxembourgish Welt (“world”), German Low German Wereld, Werld (“world”), Vilamovian wełt (“world”), Yiddish וועלט (velt, “world”), Danish verden (“world”), Elfdalian wärd (“world”), Faroese verð, verøld (“world”), Icelandic veröld (“world”), Norn vrildan (“the earth”), Norwegian Bokmål verd, verden (“(the) world”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“world”), Swedish värld (“world”).

  1. inherited from *weraldiz✻ — “lifetime, human existence, world”
  2. inherited from *weraldi✻
  3. inherited from weorold — “world”
  4. inherited from world

Definitions

  1. The subjective human experience, regarded collectively

    The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.

    • In retrospect, the process of economic globalization has meant the end of the world as we knew it.
    • There will always be lovers, till the world’s end.
    • O wonder! / How many goodly creatures are there here! / How beauteous mankind is! / O brave new world, / That has such people in 't.

  2. The subjective human experience, regarded individually.

    • The period immediately following my divorce seemed like the end of my world.
    • He was my world! [said of a slain companion]

  3. A majority of people.

    • Running after God is the only life worth living. Even though the world believes that living for God is boring, we believe that there is nothing more exciting.
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    1. The Universe.

    2. The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context, or as the physical planet.

      • People are dying of starvation all over the world.
      • “As the world turns, we know the bleakness of winter, the promise of spring, the fullness of summer and the harvest of autumn–the cycle of life is complete.” - quotation attributed to Irna Phillips.

    3. Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or…

      Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.

      • Who would want to live in a world like this?

    4. (Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or…

      (Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.

      • the best of all possible worlds. In the French original: le meilleur des mondes possibles. In German: die beste aller möglichen Welten.

    5. A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.

      • Our mission is to travel the galaxy and find new worlds.
      • A third is wroth: ‘Is this an hour […] A time to sicken and to swoon, ⁠When Science reaches forth her arms ⁠To feel from world to world, and charms Her secret from the latest moon?’
      • And They said to Kib: “What are these things that move upon The Earth yet move not in circles like the Worlds, that regard like the Moon and yet they do not shine?”

    6. A very large extent of country.

      • the New World

    7. In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions…

      In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions having different characteristics and occupied by different types of inhabitants.

      • Frey [...] clambered up on to the Hildskjalf, the throne from which Odin could see everything that happened across the nine worlds.

    8. A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings,…

      A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.

      • the world of Narnia
      • the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
      • a zombie world

    9. An individual or group perspective or social setting.

      • In the world of boxing, good diet is all-important.
      • Welcome to my world.

    10. The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and…

      The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.

    11. A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a…

      A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.

      • Have you reached the boss at the end of the ice world?
      • There's a hidden warp to the next world down this pipe.

    12. The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.

    13. A great amount, a lot.

      • Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good.
      • You're going to be in a world of trouble when your family finds out.
      • That new wallpaper has made worlds of difference downstairs.

    14. Age, era.

      • Thy kingdom is a kingdom of al worldes: and thy domnion in al generation and generation.

    15. To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective

      To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focusing on national or other distinctions; compare globalize.

    16. To make real

      To make real; to make worldly.

    17. The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in,…

      The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds:

The neighborhood

Derived

after-world, afterworld, against the world, all over the world, all the world, all the world and his wife, all the world and Little Billing, an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, antiworld, aquaworld, around the world, artworld, art world, a world of, beforehand in the world, beforehand with the world, best of both worlds, Bidenworld, book world, braneworld, brave new world, carry the world before one, citizen of the world, Clintonworld, clown world, come into the world, coming into the world, conworld, counterworld, court of world opinion, cumber-world, cumberworld, cyberworld, dark world, dead to the world, dreamworld, dream-world, dream world, edge of the world, elseworld · +292 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for world. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA