Sekirov Dictionary

world

UK /wɜːld/US /wɝld/

noun 19
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 20

noun19

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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.
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all of life and everything that exists, as people know and experience it
- 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.
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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]
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An individual or group perspective or social setting.
- In the world of boxing, good diet is all-important.
- Welcome to my world.
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(informal) 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.
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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?
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(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. — 1710
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A distinct realm, capable of containing objects or inhabitants, which does not physically border other similar realms.
- He's a highly advanced AI, and this is his world - one that he created from nothing. So, naturally, he has control over... everything. ...But so do we. — 2026
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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. — 2017
A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.
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A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
- Our mission is to travel the galaxy and find new worlds.
Any other astronomical body which may be inhabitable, such as a natural satellite.
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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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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.
The Universe.
A very large extent of country.
The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
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(no longer used) Age, era.
- Thy kingdom is a kingdom of al worldes: and thy domnion in al generation and generation. — 1610

verb2

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.

forms

worlded · worlding · worlds

Phrases with world

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