English dictionary definition of:

world


Noun

  • all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
  • the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
  • all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
  • people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
  • people in general considered as a whole
  • the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
  • everything that exists anywhere
  • a part of the earth that can be considered separately

Adjective

  • involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

Thesaurus

cosmos creation domain earth existence global globe humanity humankind humans macrocosm man mankind planetary populace public reality universe world-wide worldwide

Spellzone course content

View spelling list wor words and learn about the word world in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 11. Spelling choices for /er/ sound: er, ir, ur, ear + wor.

Scrabble score for world


Scrabble score = 9

generated at 15:18:24 on 18-11-19

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