world

CEFRA1

/wɜːld/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The earth and all its people and places.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A majority of people.

Examples

  • If the world weren't in the shape it is now, I could trust anyone.

  • Researchers around the world are collaborating to develop a new vaccine.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [wɝɘɫd]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.

  2. The subjective human experience, regarded individually.

  3. The Universe.

More examples

In context

  • Education in this world disappoints me.

  • In retrospect, the process of economic globalization has meant the end of the world as we knew it.

  • The period immediately following my divorce seemed like the end of my world.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”),...