world

noun

(with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.

(with "the" or a singular possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded individually.

(with "the") The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context, or as the physical planet.

(metonymic, with "the") A majority of people.

The Universe.

(with "a") Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.

(countable) (Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.

(countable) A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.

(by extension) Any other astronomical body which may be inhabitable, such as a natural satellite.

In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions having different characteristics and occupied by different types of inhabitants.

A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.

An individual or group perspective or social setting.

(informal) A great amount, a lot.

(computing) The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.

(video games) A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.

(tarot) The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.

A very large extent of country.

Earth: the Earth (our earth).

The Universe: our universe.

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

Existence.

Any of the (conceptually figurative) worlds that constitute (or have formerly been asserted to constitute) the world, as for example:

The Industrialized World (the industrialized world).

The Developed World (the developed world).

The Developing World (the developing world).

The Third World (the third world).

The First World (the first world).

The Second World (the second world).

The Fourth World (the fourth world).

(archaic) Age, era.

verb

(transitive) 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.

(transitive) To make real; to make worldly.

Synonyms for world

globen universen earthn macrocosmn cosmosn nationn populacen landmassn

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