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1. world

noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest.

Etymology

  • world (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

Rhymes with World

  • unfurled
  • whirled
  • twirled
  • swirled
  • hurled
  • curled

How do you pronounce world?

Pronounce world as wərld.

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3. world

noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on.

Etymology

  • world (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

5. world

noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you.

Etymology

  • world (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

6. world

noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] people in general considered as a whole.

Etymology

  • world (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

7. world

noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] a part of the earth that can be considered separately.

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Antonyms

Etymology

  • world (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

8. world

noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife.

Etymology

  • world (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

9. world

adjective. ['ˈwɝːld'] involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope.

Etymology

  • world (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

10. world

noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] all of the living human inhabitants of the earth.

Etymology

  • world (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))