world

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA ^(key): /wɝəɫd̥/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /wɜː(r)ld/, SAMPA: /w3:(r)ld/
• (US) enPR: wûrld, IPA ^(key): /wɝld/, SAMPA: /w3`ld/
• (Scotland) IPA ^(key): /warl(d)/ or /wʌrl(d)/, SAMPA: /warl(d)/ or /wVrld/

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• Homophones: whirled, whorled

Noun

Singular world

Plural worlds

a globe that represents the world (sense 1)

1. The Earth.
   • Synonyms: 🜨 and ♁

   Our world needs to be cared for.

2. The universe.
   • Synonyms: universe, dimension and cosmos

   I love you more than anybody else in the world.

3. The setting of a group of people.

   They were in their own world as they talked about trains nobody else knew about.

4. A planet.
   • Synonym: planet

   I wonder if there is life on other worlds.