noun
everything that exists anywhere
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- they study the evolution of the universe
- the biggest tree in existence
noun
people in general
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- especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
- the Western world
noun
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
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- his world was shattered
- we live in different worlds
- for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were
noun
the 3rd planet from the sun
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- the planet we live on
- the Earth moves around the sun
- he sailed around the world
noun
people in general considered as a whole
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- he is a hero in the eyes of the public
noun
a part of the earth that can be considered separately
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- the outdoor world
- the world of insects
noun
the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
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worldly concern
earthly concern
earth
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- they consider the church to be independent of the world
noun
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
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- all the world loves a lover
- she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women
adjective
involving the entire earth
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- not limited or provincial in scope
- global war
- global monetary policy
- neither national nor continental but planetary
- a world crisis
- of worldwide significance