world

noun

Earth and all that is on it
all that exists; the universe
astronomical object
self-consistent fictional setting
planet

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /wɜːld/ / /wɜɹld/ / [wɝɘɫd]

name

The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds:
The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds:
The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds:
The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds:
The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds:
The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds:
The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds:
The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds:
The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds:
The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds:

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world 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”), Danish verden (“world”), Elfdalian wärd (“world”), Faroese verð, verøld (“world”), Icelandic veröld (“world”), Norn vrildan (“the earth”), Norwegian Bokmål verd, verden (“(the) world”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“world”), Swedish värld (“world”).

The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
“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.”
The subjective human experience, regarded individually.
“The period immediately following my divorce seemed like the end of my world.”
“He was my world! [said of a slain companion]”
A majority of people.
“Running after God is the only life worth living. Even though the world believes that living for God is boring, we believe that there is nothing more exciting.”
The Universe.
The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context, or as the physical planet.
“People are dying of starvation all over the world.”
““As the world turns, we know the bleakness of winter, the promise of spring, the fullness of summer and the harvest of autumn–the cycle of life is complete.” - quotation attributed to Irna Phillips.”
Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
“Who would want to live in a world like this?”
(Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
“the best of all possible worlds. In the French original: le meilleur des mondes possibles. In German: die beste aller möglichen Welten.”
A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
“Our mission is to travel the galaxy and find new worlds.”
“A third is wroth: ‘Is this an hour […] A time to sicken and to swoon, ⁠When Science reaches forth her arms ⁠To feel from world to world, and charms Her secret from the latest moon?’”
A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
A very large extent of country.
“the New World”
In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions having different characteristics and occupied by different types of inhabitants.
“Frey [...] clambered up on to the Hildskjalf, the throne from which Odin could see everything that happened across the nine worlds.”
A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.
“the world of Narnia”
“the Wizarding World of Harry Potter”
An individual or group perspective or social setting.
“In the world of boxing, good diet is all-important.”
“Welcome to my world.”
The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.
“Have you reached the boss at the end of the ice world?”
“There's a hidden warp to the next world down this pipe.”
The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
A great amount, a lot.
“Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good.”
“You're going to be in a world of trouble when your family finds out.”
Age, era.
“Thy kingdom is a kingdom of al worldes: and thy domnion in al generation and generation.”

verb

To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focusing on national or other distinctions; compare globalize.
“There are by now many feminisms (Tong, 1989; Humm, 1992). [...] They are in shifting alliance or contest with postmodern critiques, which at times seem to threaten the very category 'women' and its possibilities for a feminist politics. These debates inform this attempt at worlding women—moving beyond white western power centres and their dominant knowledges (compare Spivak, 1985), while recognising that I, as a white settler-state woman, need to attend to differences between women, too.”
“In a sense, the dictatorship was a failure of failure and, on that account, it was perhaps the exemplary system of control. Having in 1933 wagered on the worlding of the world in the regime's failure, Heidegger after the war can only rue his opportunistic hopes for an exposure of the ontological foundations of control.”
To make real; to make worldly.