Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

set the world ablaze

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: set the -world ablaze
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of set the world on fire.

Example Sentences

"He had come to Carnegie Hall not to imitate him but to channel him with the self he happened to be at that moment, not at all the green folkie who had set the world ablaze just a few years earlier."

Inflected Forms

sets the world ablaze (present, singular) setting the world ablaze (participle, present)

Questions

What does set the world ablaze mean?: Alternative form of set the world on fire.

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