the world
noun
1
: the earth and all the people and things on it
He is famous throughout the world.
They sailed around the world.
The product is shipped halfway around/across the world.
The island was cut off from the rest of the world.
They want to see/travel the world.
2
: the people in the world
She felt that the world was against her.
They announced their discovery to the world.
The world watched as he attempted to break the Olympic record.
She felt the eyes of the world watching her.
3
: all that is important : everything
I would give my children the world if I could.
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As of Sunday night, 70 firefighters and park rangers were battling the fire, which is threatening six plant species native to the island that aren’t found anywhere else in the world, according to the Channel Islands National Park Service.
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Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Among the many unknowns of the Cold War was the extent to which the world was random or ordered.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Hong Kong — For the past three decades, China has been a nation of homeowners — supercharging the world’s second-largest economy and fulfilling the dreams of millions.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, is accused of throwing a rock at the head of an endangered Hawaiian monk seal — one of the rarest marine mammals in the world — earlier this month in an incident caught on camera by beachgoers.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
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Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Among the many unknowns of the Cold War was the extent to which the world was random or ordered.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Hong Kong — For the past three decades, China has been a nation of homeowners — supercharging the world’s second-largest economy and fulfilling the dreams of millions.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, is accused of throwing a rock at the head of an endangered Hawaiian monk seal — one of the rarest marine mammals in the world — earlier this month in an incident caught on camera by beachgoers.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
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“The world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20world. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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