World - Definition

adj 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" [syn: global,
planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide]
n 1: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution
of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn:
universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos,
macrocosm]
2: people in general; especially a distinctive group of people
with some shared interest; "the Western world" [syn: world,
domain]
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" [syn: world, reality]
4: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the
Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
[syn: Earth, earth, world, globe]
5: people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the
eyes of the public" [syn: populace, public, world]
6: a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the
outdoor world"; "the world of insects"
7: the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and
the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of
the world" [syn: 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" [syn: world, human
race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans,
mankind, man]