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Noun
/wərld/,
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worlds, plural;
  1. The earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features
    • - he was doing his bit to save the world
  2. All of the people, societies, and institutions on the earth
    • - world affairs
  3. Denoting one of the most important or influential people or things of its class
    • - they had been brought up to regard France as a world power
  4. Another planet like the earth
    • - the possibility of life on other worlds
  5. The material universe or all that exists; everything

  6. A part or aspect of human life or of the natural features of the earth, in particular

  7. A region or group of countries
    • - the English-speaking world
  8. A period of history
    • - the ancient world
  9. A group of living things
    • - the animal world
  10. The people, places, and activities to do with a particular thing
    • - they were a legend in the world of British theater
  11. Human and social interaction
    • - he has almost completely withdrawn from the world
    • - how inexperienced she is in the ways of the world
  12. Average, respectable, or fashionable people or their customs or opinions

  13. A person's life and activities
    • - he felt his whole world had collapsed
  14. Everything that exists outside oneself

  15. A stage of human life, either mortal or after death
    • - in this world and the next
  16. Secular interests and affairs
    • - parents are not viewed as the primary educators of their own children, either in the world or in the church
  1. global: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"
  2. universe: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
  3. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
  4. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"
  5. Earth: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
  6. populace: people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
  7. World is a common name for the sum of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.
  8. World was the second and last studio album by British synthpop / dance band , released in 1995, two years after their debut album, "D:Ream On Volume 1", which was out in late 1993.
  9. World is an experimental, psychedelic rock duo that features White Rainbow's Adam Forkner and Honey Owens (of Valet, Nudge and Jackie-O Motherfucker).Mason, Stewart "", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-03-29 Their music is influenced by various flavours of folk music from across the globe. ...
  10. "World" is the second single from the album Two Lights, written by Five for Fighting and released in 2006.
  11. WORLD Magazine is a biweekly Christian news magazine, published in the United States of America by God's World Publications, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Asheville, North Carolina. ...
  12. World music is a general categorical term for global music, such as the traditional music or folk music of a culture that is created and played by indigenous musicians and is closely related to the music of the regions of their origin.
  13. Human collective existence; existence in general; The Universe; The earth; A planet,especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable; An individual or group perspective or social setting; A great amount; to consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global ...
  14. (Worlds) The World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC). Held annually during the winter.
  15. (Worlds) An invitation-only tournament that caps off the season in August.  Players from all over the world are featured.
  16. (Worlds) Refers to a grouping of products that make a larger category. Depending on the concept, the brand or the type of store, these worlds may be comprised of different departments. ...
  17. (Worlds) The Universe | World of Warcraft | Hello world | Anti-Earth
  18. What is described in Genesis 1-2, or, in literature, any variation on what God has done (with realization that all we "create" is due solely to what God has truly Created). ...
  19. In the SimMechanics environment, World is a kinematic and geometric construct defining both the absolute inertial reference frame (RF) and absolute coordinate system (CS) in that RF. World has a fixed origin and fixed coordinate axes that cannot be changed. ...
  20. immanent, finite existence
  21. A top-level category that contains sites written in languages other than English. For instance, World: Deutsch contains sites written in German.
  22. Marine slang for the U.S. Anybody who rotated home was going "back to the World."
  23. The main, simulated interactive fiction world, which defines the "reality" within which all of the characters live, is called the "world" in Curveship. ...
  24. everyone else who might visit the folder/file (gets the third digit).
  25. Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)