Definition of WORLD

world

Plural: worlds

Noun

  • The Earth, its inhabitants, or a particular sphere of existence.
  • everything that exists anywhere
  • people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
    • "the Western world"
  • all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
    • "his world was shattered"
    • "we live in different worlds"
  • the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
    • "he sailed around the world"
  • people in general considered as a whole
  • a part of the earth that can be considered separately
    • "the outdoor world"
    • "the world of insects"
  • the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
    • "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
  • all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
    • "all the world loves a lover"
  • The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
  • The subjective human experience, regarded individually.
  • A majority of people.
  • The Universe.
  • The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context, or as the physical planet.
  • Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
  • (Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
  • A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
  • A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
  • Any other astronomical body which may be inhabitable, such as a natural satellite.
  • A very large extent of country.
  • In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions having different characteristics and occupied by different types of inhabitants.
  • A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.
  • An individual or group perspective or social setting.
  • The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
  • A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.
  • The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
  • A great amount, a lot.
  • Age, era.

Adjective Satellite

  • involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
    • "a world crisis"
    • "of worldwide significance"

Verb

  • 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.
  • To make real; to make worldly.

Examples

  • a zombie world
  • Have you reached the boss at the end of the ice world?
  • He was my world! [said of a slain companion]
  • In retrospect, the process of economic globalization has meant the end of the world as we knew it.
  • In the world of boxing, good diet is all-important.
  • In the world of Scrabble, every letter holds potential for greatness.
  • Our mission is to travel the galaxy and find new worlds.
  • People are dying of starvation all over the world.
  • 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.
  • Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good.
  • That new wallpaper has made worlds of difference downstairs.
  • the New World
  • The period immediately following my divorce seemed like the end of my world.
  • the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
  • the world of Narnia
  • There will always be lovers, till the world’s end.
  • There's a hidden warp to the next world down this pipe.
  • This movie isn't even billed as a comedy, but it's worlds funnier than the comedy I saw last month.
  • to mean the world to someone
  • to think the world of someone
  • Welcome to my world.
  • Who would want to live in a world like this?
  • You're going to be in a world of trouble when your family finds out.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English world, weoreld, 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”). Cognate with Scots warld (“world”), North Frisian Wārel, wäält, wråål (“world”), Saterland Frisian Waareld (“world”), West Frisian wrâld (“world”), Afrikaans wêreld (“world”), Dutch wereld (“world”), Low German Werld (“world”), German Welt (“world”), Norwegian Bokmål verden (“(the) world”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“world”), Swedish värld (“world”), Icelandic veröld (“world”).

Synonyms

cosmos, creation, domain, Earth, earth, earthly concern, existence, global, globe, human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, macrocosm, man, mankind, planetary, populace, public, reality, universe, world-wide, worldly concern, worldwide, God's green earth, Sol III, World, circle, the earth, the globe, the planet

Scrabble Score: 9

world: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
world: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
world: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

world: valid Words With Friends Word