Dictionary
world
Meaning
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- The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
- The subjective human experience, regarded individually.
- A majority of people.
- The Universe.
- The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context, or as the physical planet.
- Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
- (Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
- A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
- A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
- A very large extent of country.
- In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions having different characteristics and occupied by different types of inhabitants.
- A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.
- An individual or group perspective or social setting.
- The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
- A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.
- The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
- (informal) A great amount, a lot.
- Age, era.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/wÉËld/
Cognate with Western Frisian
wrĂąld
Cognate with Afrikaans
wĂȘreld
Cognate with Dutch
wereld
Cognate with German
Welt
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