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world¹
- /wɜːld/ Australia, UK
- /wɝld/ Canada, US
- [wɝɫd] Canada, US
- /wɵːld/ New Zealand
- [wɵːɯ̯d̥] New Zealand
Sounds like whirled (with both the wine–whine merger and fern–fir–fur merger), whorled (with both mergers, Received Pronunciation only) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ld
Where it comes from
From Middle English world, 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”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots warld (“world”), North Frisian Wārel, wäält, wråål (“world”), Saterland Frisian Waareld (“world”), West Frisian wrâld (“world”), Afrikaans wêreld (“world”), Bavarian Wöd (“world”), Dutch wereld (“world”), German, Luxembourgish Welt (“world”), German Low German Wereld, Werld (“world”), Vilamovian wełt (“world”), Yiddish וועלט (velt, “world”), Danish verden (“world”), Elfdalian wärd (“world”), Faroese verð, verøld (“world”), Icelandic veröld (“world”), Norn vrildan (“the earth”), Norwegian Bokmål verd, verden (“(the) world”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“world”), Swedish värld (“world”).
noun worlds · vurld
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The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
In retrospect, the process of economic globalization has meant the end of the world as we knew it.
Similar: World
- The subjective human experience, regarded individually. The period immediately following my divorce seemed like the end of my world.
- 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.
- The Universe.
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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.
Similar: the earth, Earth, the globe, God's green earth, Sol III, the planet
- 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?
- (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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones. the world of Narnia
- A very large extent of country. the New World
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An individual or group perspective or social setting.
In the world of boxing, good diet is all-important.
Similar: circle
- 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. Have you reached the boss at the end of the ice world?
- The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
- A great amount, a lot. Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good.
- Age, era. Thy kingdom is a kingdom of al worldes: and thy domnion in al generation and generation.
verb worlds · worlding · worlded · vurld
- 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. There are by now many feminisms (Tong, 1989; Humm, 1992). [...] They are in shifting alliance or contest with postmodern critiques, which at times seem to threaten the very category 'women' and its possibilities for a feminist politics. These debates inform this attempt at worlding women—moving beyo
- To make real; to make worldly.
World²
proper noun Worlds
- Earth: the Earth (our earth).
- The Universe: our universe.
- Existence.
- The Third World (the third world).
- The First World (the first world).
- The Second World (the second world).
- The Fourth World (the fourth world).
- The Industrialized World (the industrialized world).
- The Developed World (the developed world).
- The Developing World (the developing world).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: nature, existence, reality, macrocosm, creation, populace, public, global, worldwide, international, domain, humanity, mankind, human race, humankind, man
Translations
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noun collective/subjective human experience
| Español | mundo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 세계 segye, 누리 nuri |
| 日本語 | 世界 sekai, 世 yo |
| 中文 | 世界 shìjiè |
| हिन्दी | दुनिया duniyā, लोक lok, विश्व viśva, संसार sansār, जगत jagat, पृथ्वी pŕthvī |
| Português | mundo |
| Français | monde |
| Deutsch | Welt |
| Italiano | mondo |
| Ελληνικά | κόσμος kósmos |
| Română | lume |
| Русский | мир mir, свет svet |
| Tiếng Việt | thế giới |
| العربية | عَالَم ʕālam |
| עברית | עוֹלָם olám |
noun inhabited planet
| Español | mundo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 세계 segye |
| 日本語 | 世界 sekai |
| 中文 | 世界 shìjiè |
| हिन्दी | दुनिया duniyā, लोक lok, आलम ālam |
| Português | mundo |
| Italiano | mondo |
| Ελληνικά | κόσμος kósmos |
| Română | lume |
| Русский | мир mir |
| العربية | عَالَم ʕālam, دُنْيَا dunyā |
| עברית | עוֹלָם olám |
noun the universe
| Español | mundo, universo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 우주 uju |
| 日本語 | 宇宙 uchū |
| 中文 | 宇宙 yǔzhòu |
| हिन्दी | आलम ālam, जहान jahān, दुनिया duniyā |
| Kiswahili | ulimwengu |
| Português | mundo |
| Français | univers, monde |
| Deutsch | Welt |
| Русский | вселе́нная vselénnaja |
| Tiếng Việt | vũ trụ |
| العربية | عالم ʕālam |
noun the Earth
| Español | mundo, globo, tierra |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지구 jigu, 세계 segye |
| 日本語 | 世界 sekai, ワールド wārudo |
| 中文 | 世界 shìjiè |
| हिन्दी | दुनिया duniyā, संसार sansār, आलम ālam, भूगोल bhūgol, भूमि bhūmi, जहान jahān |
| Português | mundo |
| Français | La Terre, terre |
| Deutsch | Welt, Erde |
| Italiano | mondo |
| Ελληνικά | κόσμος kósmos |
| Română | lume, pământ |
| Русский | мир mir, свет svet, земно́й шар zemnój šar |
| Tiếng Việt | trái đất |
| العربية | عَالَم ʕālam, دُنْيَا dunyā |
| עברית | עוֹלָם olám |
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title = {world},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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