world
/wɜːld/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.89 in modern English
Meaning
noun
The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
noun
noun
The Universe.
noun
The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context, or as the physical planet.
noun
Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
noun
(Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
Countable
noun
A distinct realm, capable of containing objects or inhabitants, which does not physically border other similar realms.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "O wonder! / How many goodly creatures are there here! / How beauteous mankind is! / O brave new world, / That has such people in 't."
- "(Huxley is quoting William Shakespeare's play The Tempest in this novel's title)"
- "So how do the scientists cope with their work being ignored for decades, and living in a world their findings indicate is on a “highway to hell”?."
- "The period immediately following my divorce seemed like the end of my world."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: world, weorold, *weraldi, *weraldiz
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /wɜːld/
- British English: /wɜːld/