world |
adjective |
1. |
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" [syn: global] |
noun |
1. |
everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: universe] |
2. |
people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world" |
3. |
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" |
4. |
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world" [syn: Earth] |
5. |
people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public" [syn: populace] |
6. |
a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects" |
7. |
the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world" [syn: worldly concern] |
8. |
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used 'humankind' because 'mankind' seemed to slight the women" |