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Meaning
Noun
●
In Collectives:
The
subjective
human experience,
regarded
collectively
; human
collective
existence
;
existence
in general.
●
The
subjective
human experience,
regarded
individually.
●
In Collectives:
A
majority
of people.
●
The Universe.
●
The Earth, especially in a
geopolitical
or
cultural
context.
●
A
planet
, especially one which is
inhabited
or inhabitable.
Any other
astronomical
body which may be
inhabitable
, such as a natural satellite.
●
A very large
extent
of country.
●
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.
●
In Computing:
The part of an
operating system
distributed
with the
kernel
,
consisting of
the
shell
and other programs.
●
In Video games:
A
subdivision
of
a game
,
consisting of
a
series
of
stages
or levels that usually
share
a
similar
environment or theme.
●
In Cartomancy:
The
twenty-second
trump
or
major arcana
card
of the tarot.
●
A great amount.
●
Age, era.
Verb
●
To
consider
or cause to be
consider
ed from a global
perspective
; to
consider
as a global whole,
rather than
making or
focussing
on
national
or other
distinctions
;
compare
globalise.
●
To make
real
; to make worldly.
Name
●
The specific world, or any of several specific
constituent
worlds
, that
humans
live in
, among any other (real or possible)
worlds
:
Earth: the Earth (our
earth
).
The Universe: our
universe
.
Existence.
Any of the (conceptually
figurative
)
worlds
that
constitute
(or have formerly been
asserted
to
constitute
) the world,
as for
example:;The Third World (the
third world
).
Any of the (conceptually
figurative
)
worlds
that
constitute
(or have formerly been
asserted
to
constitute
) the world,
as for
example:;The First World (the
first world
).
Any of the (conceptually
figurative
)
worlds
that
constitute
(or have formerly been
asserted
to
constitute
) the world,
as for
example:;The Second World (the
second world
).
Any of the (conceptually
figurative
)
worlds
that
constitute
(or have formerly been
asserted
to
constitute
) the world,
as for
example:;The Fourth World (the
fourth world
).
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).
Any of the (conceptually
figurative
)
worlds
that
constitute
(or have formerly been
asserted
to
constitute
) the world,
as for
example:;The Developed World (the developed world).
Any of the (conceptually
figurative
)
worlds
that
constitute
(or have formerly been
asserted
to
constitute
) the world,
as for
example:;The Developing World (the
developing
world).
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Wiktionary
Origin
world
English
world
Middle English (1100-1500)
woruld
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Universe
Country
Nation
Realm
Society
Continent
Planet
City
Community
Life
Reality
Environment
Future
Economy
America
Kingdom
Region
Industry
Civilization
Landscape
Humanity
Culture
Era
Company
State
Cosmos
Place
Game
Situation
India
People
Story
Ocean
Organization
Internet
Town
Area
Past
Destination
Mankind
Man
Asia
Africa
Today
Global
Uae
Business
Utopia
Australia
Body
Middle East
Human Race
Western Hemisphere
United States
Known Universe
More
Rhymes
World
Hurled
Twirled
Swirled
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