world /wɜrld/
1. everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
synset: universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm
2. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
3. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"
4. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
synset: Earth, earth, world, globe
5. people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
synset: populace, public, world
6. a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"
synset: world
7. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
synset: worldly_concern, earthly_concern, world, earth
8. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
synset: world, human_race, humanity, humankind, human_beings, humans, mankind, man
1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"
synset: global, planetary, world, worldwide, world-wide
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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