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world `noun` [ wəːld ]

• the earth, together with all of its countries and peoples.

• "he was doing his bit to save the world"

Similar: earth, globe, planet, sphere,

• a particular region or group of countries.

• "the English-speaking world"

• human and social interaction.

• "he has almost completely withdrawn from the world"

Similar: society, high society, secular interests, temporal concerns, earthly concerns, human existence,

Origin: Old English w(e)oruld, from a Germanic compound meaning ‘age of man’; related to Dutch wereld and German Welt .

in the world

• used for emphasis in questions, especially to express astonishment or disbelief.

• "why in the world did you not reveal yourself sooner?"

be not long for this world

• have only a short time to live.
"these people either radiate incredible vitality or else complain that they're not long for this world"

the best of both worlds

• the benefits of widely differing situations, enjoyed at the same time.
"I had the best of both worlds, since I worked as an ordinary member of the crew but fed with the officers"

bring someone into the world

• give birth to or assist at the birth of someone.

come into the world

• be born.

come up in the world

• rise in status or wealth.
"he's come up in the world since he went to work for them"

go down in the world

• experience a fall in status or wealth.
"he has a new flat in Mayfair so he's hardly gone down in the world"

in an ideal world

• used to express that something is highly desirable but not likely to become a reality.
"in an ideal world, everyone would pay off their monthly credit card bills on time"

in a world of one's own

• concerned with one's own thoughts and not aware of what is happening around one.
"he is in a world of his own and is frequently carried away by his own flights of fancy"

in the world

• used for emphasis in questions, especially to express astonishment or disbelief.
"why in the world did you not reveal yourself sooner?"

look for all the world like

• look precisely like (used for emphasis).
"fossil imprints that look for all the world like motorcycle tracks"

man of the world

• a person who is experienced in the ways of sophisticated society.

not do something for the world

• not do something whatever the inducement.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world"

out of this world

• extremely enjoyable or impressive.
"a herb and lemon dressing that's out of this world"

see the world

• travel widely and gain wide experience.

think the world of

• have a very high regard for.
"I thought the world of my father"

the world and his wife

• everybody.
"now all the world and his wife seems to have heard of them"

a world away from

• completely different from.
"her thoughtful manner is a world away from brash Alex"

the world, the flesh, and the devil

• all forms of temptation to sin.
"Rossetti struggled with these words in her desire to overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil"

a world of

• a very great deal of.
"there's a world of difference between being alone and being lonely"

the world over

• everywhere on the earth.
"laughter is the same language the world over"

worlds apart

• very different or distant.
"our daughter's school is worlds apart from school as I knew it in the 1960s"

world noun [ wəːld ]

in the world

world `noun` [ wəːld ]