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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

First′ World′,

Governmentthe major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan. Cf. Second World, Third World, Fourth World.

1970–75

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'First World' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

First World War - record - World War I - Fourth World - Third World - Second World

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "First World" in the title:

(The) first world war began in 1914.
A town emblematic of First World War remembrance
are not the first of their kind in the world
be first in the world at something
dating <well> back before the First World War
first runner-up at/in Miss World 2013
First World
had the first world war not brought.... [function?]
He "helped" clone the world's first dog
sitting out the world's 'first fifteen-month pregnancy'
the era of big data control<,> the world's first one!
the one of the first country or the first country in the world?
The World's First Double Chairlift
the world's first working model of a human stomach
those from the First World War
When the world first met her
world first
World War I = world war first / first world war

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