English

rank|find|got|let|193|world|thing|set|told

Etymology
ME. < OE. woruld < Ger. *wer-ald, "age of man".

Homophones
whirled (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
whorled (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun
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1. (with the) Human life, existence in general.

#: There will always be lovers, till the world�s end.

1. uncountable (with the) The earth.

#: People are dying of starvation all over the world.

1. countable An inhabited planet.

#: Our mission is to travel the galaxy and find new worlds.

1. An individual or group perspective or social setting.

#: In the world of boxing, good diet is all-important.

Synonyms
(the earth): Earth, the earth, the globe
(an inhabited planet):
(the universe): the cosmos, the universe
(individual or group perspective or social setting): circle

Derived terms
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it's not the end of the world
mean the world to
out of this world
think the world of
underworld
worldly
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fast-paced world
world war
World War I
World War II
world-weary
worldwide
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Translations
trans-top|human existence
Danish: menneskehed c
Finnish: maailma
Frisian: wrâld
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Japanese: JAchar|�� (JAchar|���, sekai)
Swedish: värld c
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Scots: warld
Swedish: värld c
Urdu: URchar|د��ا f
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Swedish: värld c
Urdu: URchar|د��ا f
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trans-top|individual or group perspective or social setting
Czech: sv�t m
Danish: verden c
Finnish: maailma
Frisian: wrâldsje
Greek: t|el|scGrek|κ��μο�|m|trkósmos
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Japanese: JAchar|-� (JAchar|-��, -kai)
Russian: ми� (mir) m
Swedish: värld c
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ttbc|Albanian: botë f
ttbc|Ancient Greek: γ� f
ttbc|Arabic: Arab|عا�� ('�lam) m, Arab|د��ا|د����ا (duny�)
ttbc|Armenian: աշխա�հ (aš�arh)
ttbc|Catalan: món m
ttbc|Dutch: wereld m
ttbc|Esperanto: mondo#Esperanto|mondo
ttbc|Estonian: maailm
ttbc|French: monde m
ttbc|German: Welt f, Erde f (1)
ttbc|Hebrew: ע��� (ólam) m
ttbc|Hungarian: világ
ttbc|Icelandic: heimur m, veröld f
ttbc|Ido: mondo#Ido|mondo
ttbc|Indonesian: dunia
ttbc|Irish: saol
ttbc|Italian: mondo#Italian|mondo m
ttbc|Korean: �리 (nuri), �� (��, segye)
ttbc|Kurdish: cîhan
ttbc|Latin: mundus m
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ttbc|Latvian: pasaule
ttbc|Lithuanian: pasaulis m
ttbc|Maltese: dinja
ttbc|Mongolian: д�л�ий (delhij)
ttbc|Norwegian: verden m
ttbc|Old English: woruld, middangeard|middanġeard
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|ج�ا�|ج��ا� (jæh�n)
ttbc|Polish: �wiat m
ttbc|Portuguese: mundo m
ttbc|Punjabi: ਸੰਸਾਰ (sænsaar), ਦ�ਨ�� (dunīya), ��ਤ (jægæt)
ttbc|Romanian: lume f
ttbc|Romansch: mund m
ttbc|Scots: warld
ttbc|Sicilian: munnu m
ttbc|Slovak: svet m
ttbc|Slovene: svet m
ttbc|Spanish: mundo m
ttbc|Tagalog: mundo
ttbc|Telugu: t|te|ప�రప��మ� (prapancamu), t|te|ల��మ� (lOkamu)
ttbc|Turkish: dünya (1,2), yerküre (1) , evren (3)
ttbc|Ukrainian: �� m
ttbc|Vietnamese: thế gi�i
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See also
global
globalisation
globalization

External links
wikipedia|dab=world (disambiguation)|world

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Category:Indo-European root *al-²
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