Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: World |
WorldAdjective1. 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". Noun1. All of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover". 2. Everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence". 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". 4. People in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world". 5. The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world". 6. The concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world". 7. A part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects". 8. People in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "world" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | World A man of the world. One acquainted with the ways of public and social life. A woman of the world. A married woman. (See above. "Touchstone. To-morrow will we be married. Audrey. I do desire it with all my heart; and I hope it is no dishonest desire to be a woman of the world."- Shakespeare: As You Like It, v. 3. All the world and his wife. Everyone without exception. To go to the world. To get married. The Catholics at one time exalted celibacy into "a crown of glory," and divided mankind into celibates and worldlings (or laity). The former were monks and nuns, and the latter were the monde (or people of the world). Similarly they divided literature into sacred and profane. "Everyone goes to the world but I, and I may sit in a corner and cry heigho! for a husband."- Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, ii. 1. "If I may have your ladyship's good will to go to the world, Isabel and I will do as we may."- All's Well that Ends Well, i. 3. World (The). The world, the flesh, and the devil. "The world," i.e. the things of this world, in contradistinction to religious matters; "the flesh," i.e. love of pleasure and sensual enjoyments; "the devil," i.e. all temptations to evil of every kind, as theft, murder, lying, blasphemy, and so on. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | WORLD. All the world and his wife; every body, a great company. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Earth 
Larger image Orbital characteristics Mean radius 149,597,870 km Perihelion 0.983 AU Aphelion 1.017 AU Eccentricity 0.01671022 Orbital period 365.25636 days Avg. Orbital Speed 29.7859 km/s Inclination 0.00005° Satellitess 1 (the Moon) Satellite of Sun Physical characteristics Equatorial diameter 12,756.3 km Surface area 5.10072×108 km2 Mass 5.9742×1024 kg Mean density 5.515 g/cm3 Surface gravity 9.78 m/s2 Escape velocity 11.18 km/s Rotation period 23.9345 hours Axial tilt 23.45° Albedo 37-39% Surface temperature
min mean max 184 K 282 K 333 K
Atmospheric characteristics Pressure 101.325 kPa nitrogen 78% oxygen 21% argon 1% carbon dioxide
water vaportrace
Earth is the planet we live on, the third from the Sun and the largest and most massive of the terrestrial planets in our solar system. It has one natural satellite, the Moon. Earth is the only planet in the universe known by us to be hosting life, as extraterrestrial life has not yet been found.
- ''For alternate uses see: Earth (disambiguation).
Alternative names for the planet include "the Earth", "Terra" or "Tellus", the latter sometimes being used in science fiction.
''The image to the right is of Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula as taken en route to the Moon by Apollo 17 on December 7, 1972.
Physical characteristics
Structure
The interior of Earth, like that of the other terrestrial planets, is chemically divided into an outer siliceous solid crust, a highly viscous mantle, an outer core that is less viscous than the mantle, and an inner core. The planet is big enough to have the core differentiated into an liquid outer core, which gives rise to a weak magnetic field due to the convection of its electrically conductive material, and a solid inner core.
New material constantly finds its way to the surface through volcanoes and cracks in the ocean floors (see seafloor spreading). Much of the Earth's surface is less than 100,000,000 years old.
Interior
The interior of the Earth reaches temperatures of 5270 K. The planet's internal heat was originally released during its accretion (see gravitational binding energy), and since then additional heat has continued to be generated by the decay of radioactive elements such as uranium, thorium, and potassium. The heat flow from the interior to the surface is only 1/20,000 as great as the energy received from the Sun.
- 0-60 km -- Lithosphere
- 0-30/35 km -- Crust
- 30/35-2900 km -- Mantle
- 100-700 km -- Asthenosphere
- 2900-5100 km -- Outer Core
- 5100-~6375 km -- Inner Core
The Core
The outer core has a radius of ~3500 km. The inner core has a radius of ~1250 km.
The average density of Earth is 5,515 kg/m3, making it the densest planet in the Solar system. Since the average density of surface material is around 3000 kg/m3, this indicates that denser materials exist within the core. (see: planetary differentiation) It is thought that the core is largely composed of iron (80%), along with nickel and silicon; with other dense elements such as lead and uranium either being too rare to be significant or being felsic-seeking in nature (and thus concentrated in the crust rather than the core).
The Earth was entirely molten about 4.6 billion years ago. Gravity would have caused denser substances to sink towards the center in a process called chemical differentiation, while less dense substances would have migrated to the crust.
The inner core is generally believed to be solid and to be composed entirely of iron and some nickel. Some believe it may be entirely composed of a single iron crystal. The inner core is surrounded by the outer core, which is believed to be liquid iron mixed with liquid nickel.
Recent evidence has suggested that the inner core of Earth may rotate slightly faster than the rest of the planet, by ~2° per year (Comins DEU-p.82). It is generally believed that the rotation of the inner core (which is primarily composed of iron) creates the Earth's magnetic field. It is not known, exactly, why this occurs. (See also: dynamo theory)
Mantle
The Earth's mantle extends to a depth of 2,900 km. The pressure, at the bottom of the mantle, is ~1.4 Matm (140 GPa). It is largely composed of substances rich in iron and magnesium. The melting point of a substance depends on the pressure it is under. As there is intense and increasing pressure as one travels deeper into the mantle, the lower part of this region is thought solid while the upper mantle is plastic (semi-molten). The viscosity of the upper mantle ranges between 1021 and 1024 Poise, depending on depth [1]. Thus, the upper mantle can only flow very slowly.
Why is the inner core thought solid, the outer core thought liquid, and the mantle solid/plastic? The melting point of iron rich substances are higher than pure iron. The core is composed almost entirely of pure iron, while iron rich substances are more common outside the core. So, surface iron-substances are solid, upper mantle iron-substances are semi-melted (as it is hot and they are under relatively little pressure), lower mantle iron-substances are solid (as they are under tremendous pressure), outer core pure iron is liquid as it has a very low melting point (despite enormous pressure), and the inner core is solid due to the overwhelming pressure found at the center of the planet.
Crust
The crust ranges from 5-35 km in depth. It is composed of silicon-based rocks. The crust-mantle boundary occurs as two physically different events. Firstly, there is a discontinuity in the seismic velocity which is known as the Mohorovicic discontinuity or Moho. The cause of the Moho is thought to be a change in rock composition from rocks containing plagioclase feldspar (above) to rocks that contain none (below). The second event is a chemical discontinuity between ultramafic cumulates and tectonized hartzburgites which has been observed from parts of the oceanic crust that have been obducted.
Biosphere
Earth is the only place in the universe where life has been reliably observed. The layer of life is called the biosphere.
The biosphere is divided into a number of biomes, or areas inhabited by a broadly similar flora and fauna. On land, biomes are separated primarily by latitude. Terrestrial biomes lying within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles are relatively barren of plant and animal life, while most of the richest ones lie near the Equator.
Terrestrial organisms in temperate and arctic biomes have relatively small amounts of total biomass, smaller energy budgets, and display prominent adaptations to cold, including world-spanning migrations, social adaptations, homeothermy, estivation and multiple layers of insulation. Some theorists therefore believe that the Earth is poorly suited to life.
However, every part of the planet supports life, from the polar ice caps to the Equator. Recent advances in microbiology have proven that microscopic life lives inside rocks under the Earth's surface, and that the total mass of microbial life in so-called "uninhabitable zones" may, in terms of sheer biomass, outweigh all animal and plant life combined on the surface of the Earth.
Oceans mediate the cold and distribute nutrients. The Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, for example, is generally considered to be the most successful animal of the planet, with a biomass probably over 500 million tonnes (c.f. human biomass of about 250 million tonnes).
Atmosphere
Water covers 71% of Earth's surface (97% of it being sea water and 3% fresh water [1]) and divides it into five oceans and seven continents. It has a relatively thick atmosphere composed of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% argon, plus traces of other gases including carbon dioxide and water. The atmosphere acts as a buffer between Earth and the Sun. The layers, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and the exosphere, vary around the globe and in response to seasonal changes. This is sometimes described as the "third atmosphere" to distinguish it from earlier atmospheric compositions. See also: Earth's atmosphere.
Earth's Satellite Name Diameter(km) Mass (kg) Mean Orbital Radius (km) Orbital Period
Moon 3,474.8 7.349 × 1022 384,400 27Days,7hours,
43.7minutes
Earth is unique in its solar system in having a moon, called "the Moon" (or, occasionally, "Luna"), which is a relatively large terrestrial planet-like satellite, about one quarter of Earth's diameter. The natural satellites orbiting other planets are called "moons", after Earth's moon.
The moon may enable life by moderating the weather. Paleontological evidence shows that Earth's axial tilt is stabilised by tidal interactions with its moon. Without this stabilization, the rotational axis might be chaotically unstable, as it is with a sphere. If Earth's axis of rotation were to approach the plane of the ecliptic, extremely severe weather could result as one pole was continually heated and the other cooled. Planetologists who have studied the effect claim that this might kill all large animal and higher plant life. This remains a controversial subject, however, and further studies of Mars - which shares Earth's rotation period and axial tilt, but not its large moon or liquid core - may provide additional information.
The Moon is just far enough away to have, when seen from the Earth, the same apparent angular size as the Sun. This allows a total eclipse to occur on Earth.
Also, the Moon is tidally locked: its rotation period is the same as the time it takes to revolve around the Earth, meaning it always presents the same face to the planet, seeming to disappear and reappear as the solar terminator line moves around the moon.
The origin of the Moon is presently unknown, but one popular theory has it that it was formed from the collision of a Mars-sized protoplanet into the early Earth. This theory explains (among other things) the Moon's relative lack of iron and volatile elements. See Giant impact theory.
Earth also has at least one known co-orbital asteroid, 3753 Cruithne.
Geography
Physical map of Earth. Map references:
Time Zones, Coordinates.
Biggest geograhic subdivision
Continents.
Area:
Land boundaries: the land boundaries in the world total 251,480.24 km (not counting shared boundaries twice)
- total: 510.072 million km2
- land: 148.94 million km2
- water: 361.132 million km2
- note: 70.8% of the world's surface is covered by water, 29.2% is exposed land
Coastline: 356,000 km
Maritime claims: see United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- contiguous zone: 24 nautical miles (NM) claimed by most, but can vary
- continental shelf: 200 m depth claimed by most or to depth of exploitation; others claim 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
- exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM claimed by most, but can vary
- exclusive economic zone: 200 NM claimed by most, but can vary
- territorial sea: 12 NM claimed by most, but can vary
- Note: boundary situations with neighboring states prevent many countries from extending their fishing or economic zones to a full 200 NM; 43 nations and other areas that are landlocked include Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Climate
Two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather narrow temperate zones from a wide equatorial band of tropical to subtropical climates. Precipitation patterns vary widely, ranging from several meters of water per year to less than a millimeter.
Terrain
Elevation extremes: (measured relative to sea level)
- Lowest point on land: Dead Sea -408 m
- Lowest point overall: Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean -10,924 m
- Highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)
Natural resources
Some of these resources, such as fossil fuels, are difficult to replenish on a short time scale, called non-renewable resources. The exploitation of non-renewable resources by human civilization has become a subject of significant controversy in modern environmentalism movements.
- The Earth's crust contains large deposits of fossil fuels: (coal, oil, natural gas, methane clathrate). These deposits are used by humans both for energy production and as feedstock for chemical production.
- Mineral ore bodies have been formed in the Earth's crust by the action of erosion and plate tectonics. These ore bodies form concentrated sources for many metals and other useful elementss.
- The Earth's biosphere produces many useful biological products, including (but far from limited to) food, wood, pharmaceuticals, oxygen, and the recycling of many organic wastes. The land-based ecosystem depends upon topsoil and fresh water, and the oceanic ecosystem depends upon dissolved nutrients washed down from the land.
Land use
Irrigated land: 2,481,250 km2 (1993 est.)
- arable land: 10%
- permanent crops: 1%
- permanent pastures: 26%
- forests and woodland: 32%
- other: 31% (1993 est.)
Natural hazards
Large areas are subject to extreme weather such as (tropical cyclones), hurricanes,or typhoons that dominate life in those areas. Many places are subject to earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, sinkholes, floods, droughts, and other calamities and disasters.
Environment - current issues
Large areas are subject to overpopulation, industrial disasters such as pollution of the air and water, acid rain and toxic substances, loss of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of wildlife, soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion, and introduction of invasive species.
Human population
Earth at night, showing population centres(Larger version) Nearly all humans live on the Earth: 6,327,152,352 inhabitants (November 1 2003 est.)
In orbit about the Earth: 2 astronauts (November 28 2003), on board the International Space Station.
The northernmost settlement in the world is Alert, Ellesmere Island, Canada.
See also space colonization.
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.3% (2000 est.)
- 0-14 years: 1,818,803,078 (29.92%)
- male: 932,832,913 (15.35%)
- female: 885,970,165 (14.57%)
- 15-64 years: 3,840,881,326 (63.19%)
- male: 1,942,402,264 (31.95%)
- female: 1,898,479,062 (31.23%)
- 65 years and over: 419,090,130 (6.89%)
- male: 184,072,470 (3.03%)
- female: 235,017,660 (3.87%) (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 22 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate: 54 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
- at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
- total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.8 children born/woman (2000 est.)
- total population: 64 years
- male: 62 years
- female: 65 years (2000 est.)
Government
The worldwide general international organization is United Nations.
Administrative divisions: 267 nations, dependent areas, other, and miscellaneous entries
The Earth has often been personified as a deity, often a goddess. See Gaea and Mother Earth. In Norse mythology, Earth was the son of Nott and Annar.
The Earth has also been described as a massive spaceship, with a life support system that requires maintenance. See Spaceship Earth.
See also
- Legal system: international law
- Economy: world economy
- earthquake
- Earth's magnetic field
- Equatorial bulge
- Earth in fiction
Reference
- Discovering the Essential Universe (Second Edition) by Comins (2001)
The Solar SystemSun - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Asteroids - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune - Pluto - Comets - Kuiper belt - Oort cloud
simple:Earth
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Earth."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A fantasy world is an imaginary place or time in which magic or other similar powers work. The world may be a parallel realm or dimension tenuously connected to our world via mystic gates (like Narnia and The Dreamlands); somewhere in our mythical past (like Middle-earth and Hyborian Age) or future (Earthdawn, Dying Earth); or the story may have no reference to our reality at all.J. R. R. Tolkien created Middle-earth, one of the better known fantasy worlds, and he wrote at some length about the process of creating them, which he called "subcreation". Most of the commercial fantasy writers like David Eddings and Robert Jordan write close copies of his tale.
Dungeons & Dragons, the first role-playing game has created several detailed and commercially successful fantasy worlds, with established and recognizable characters, locations, histories, and sociologies. The Forgotten Realms is perhaps the most extensively developed of these worlds. These elements of detail can be a large part of what attracts people to RPGs.
Many established fantasy writers have also derided Dungeons and Dragons because new writers tend to read the D&D Monster Manual instead of studying original mythologies from which the fantasy literature has sprung.
Due to the fuzzy boundary between fantasy and science fiction, it is similarly difficult to make a hard-and-fast distinction between "fantasy worlds" and planets in science fiction. For example, the worlds of Barsoom, Darkover, Gor, and the Witch World combine elements of both genres.
Pseudo-medieval fantasy worlds
This is the most common type. Social conditions are modeled on medieval Europe although many stories have numerous gods and goddesses that suggest polytheism. They include Forgotten Realms and most other fantasy worlds connected to Dungeons and Dragons RPG. See also High fantasy.
- Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin
- Forgotten Realms - Dungeons & Dragons' default setting
- Harn - RPG world
- Middle-earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
- Midkemia - Raymond E. Feist
- Mystara - Dungeons & Dragons
- Narnia - C. S. Lewis
- Prydain - Lloyd Alexander
- Yrth - GURPS Fantasy
Planetary Romance
Planets with fantasy trappings and usually magic and/or a pretext why swords and other melee weapons are necessary. Barsoom tales are close runner. Many of the earlier tales were fantasy thinly disguised as science fiction.
- Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey
- Darkover - Marion Zimmer Bradley
Multidimensional fantasy worlds
Some stories take place in a series of connected universes (see: multiverse). Noted for this include:
- Roger Zelazny, see Amber (fictional universe)
- Guy Gavriel Kay, see Fionavar
- Everway of the roleplaying game of the same name
- Michael Moorcock, see Eternal Champion
Sword and Sorcery and heroic fantasy worlds
Other fantasy worlds include:
- Earthdawn - FASA roleplaying game
- Glorantha, world of RuneQuest, Hero Wars and HeroQuest roleplaying games
- Hyborian Age - Conan the Barbarian stories
- Jaconia - Fantasy world of Finnish Graphic artist Petri Hiltunen
- Talislanta of the roleplaying game of the same name
- Tekumel of Empire of the Petal Throne
See also contemporary fantasy, juvenile fantasy, and urban fantasy
- Athas of Dungeons & Dragons's Dark Sun background
- Bas-Lag - China Miéville's Perdido Street Station and The Scar, major city New Crobuzon
- Beklan Empire - Richard Adams's Shardik and its sequels
- Discworld of Terry Pratchett, parodies fantasy cliches
- The Dreamlands of H. P. Lovecraft
- Fantastica - Michael Ende's The Neverending Story
- Flatland - Edwin Abbott's Flatland (a two-dimensional world inhabited by geometrical figures)
- Hybernia
- Kingdoms of Elfin - Sylvia Townsend Warner
- Lyonesse - Jack Vance
- Neverland - J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan
- Oz - L. Frank Baum
- Taemoe
- Viriconium - M. John Harrison
- Witch World - Andre Norton
- The World of Two Moons/Abode - Elfquest
Books
- Diana Wynne Jones: The Tough Guide to Fantasyland explains and parodies the common features of a standard fantasy world
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fantasy world."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term world can refer to the domain of discourse, but it can also mean several other things:
Physical locations
World is often synonymous with the planet Earth (especially when capitalized: the World).
The word "world" is sometimes used as a synonym for planet; for example, Mars and Jupiter are two worlds within the solar system.
It is sometimes used to refer to the entire Universe. This is less common now that knowledge of space is more commonplace; however, it is still used vaguely in this sense (as in "the whole wide world").
Other senses
World can be used in less literal terms; for example, when describing two people with very little in common, one can describe them as "living in two different worlds." When a person refers to the "end of the world," that person usually means "the end of everything I am familiar with."
In another religious sense, in Christianity the world refers to the fallen and corrupt world order of human society outside the community of believers. The world is frequently cited alongside the flesh and the Devil as a source of temptation that Christians should flee.
World can also refer to a fictional setting, for example the world of Star Trek or the world of Lord of the Rings. See fictional realm.
First world, second world, third world
The terms first world, second world, and third world are used to divide the nations of Earth into three broad categories. Originally, the term "first world" referred to capitalist societies, the term "second world" to centrally planned ones, whereas "third world" stood for tribal systems. During the Cold War, the phrase "first world" referred to nations within the United States' sphere of influence, the phrase "second world" to nations within the Soviet Union's sphere of influence, and the phrase "third world" to nations within neither sphere. After the Cold War, "first world" began to refer to countries with "Western" societies and large economies and "third world" to developing countries in regions such as Africa (because originally neither Cold War superpower bothered with such countries); with the fall of Leninist Communism the term "second world" largely fell out of use.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "World."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
World music is a term that covers all music that is not part of mainstream pop music or classical music and has some kind of "ethnic" component. The connotation of the term is pop music from the third world, European pop music that uses influences from the third world, and traditional music especially but not only from the third world. The term is used primarily as a marketing/classificatory device, sometimes referring to any kind of foreign music, especially in a foreign language. Obviously, the various kinds of ethnic music that are included under the rubric "world music" do not have anything in common genetically or musically in virtue of which they are called "world music."Music labels:
See also: List of regional genres of music
- Luaka Bop, David Byrne's music label
- Real World Studios, Peter Gabriel's music label
- Rough Guide series
- Folkways series
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "World music."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| WORLD YWCA | English | World Young Women's Christian Association | N/A |
| WOCA | English | World Outside Communist Areas | Politics & International Affaires |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: WorldSynonyms: global (adj), planetary (adj), world(a) (adj), worldwide (adj), cosmos (n), creation (n), domain (n), earth (n), earthly concern (n), existence (n), globe (n), human beings (n), human race (n), humanity (n), humankind (n), humans (n), macrocosm (n), man (n), mankind (n), populace (n), public (n), reality (n), universe (n), worldly concern (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fashion | Noun: fashion, style, ton, bon ton, society; good society, polite society; monde; drawing-room, civilized life, civilization, town, beau monde, high life, court; world; fashionable world, gay world; Vanity Fair; show; (ostentation). |
Greatness | Great quan quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world; mass, heap; (assemblage); stock; (store); peck, bushel, load, cargo; cartload, wagonload, shipload; flood, spring tide; abundance; (sufficiency). |
Mankind | People, persons, folk, public, society, world; community, community at large; general public; nation, nationality; state, realm; commonweal, commonwealth; republic, body politic; million. (commonalty); population. (inhabitant). |
Space | Abyss; (interval); unlimited space; infinity; world; ubiquity; (presence); length and breadth of the land. |
Substantiality | , world; plenum. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Hell, I am Mother Nature, and the time has come for plants to take back the world so rightfully ours (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) But it helps me remember and I need to remember Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. (The Hand that Rocks the Cradle ; writing credit: Amanda Silver) The world changes, we do not, there lies the irony that finally kills us. (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice) Meet the greatest actor in the world! I'd rather kiss a tarantula (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden and Adolph Green.) | |
Lyrics | Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson) Around, around, around, around, around, around, around the world (Around the World (La la la la la); performing artist: ATC) Everything I want the world to be (Top Of The World; performing artist: Carpenters) It's the world I know (The World I Know; performing artist: Collective Soul) Cause, what the world needs now (Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now); performing artist: Cracker) | |
Clever | It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare. (references; author: Mark Twain) The most common name in the world is Mohammed. (references; author: unknown) A true friend walks in when the world walks out. (references; author: unknown) There are more chickens than people in the world. (references; author: unknown) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Champions of the World (1995) Around the World in 80 Days (2003) One World (2001) 2001 World Series (2001) 2002 World Series (2002) | |
Song Titles | Around The World and Back Again (performing artist: Tom Chapin) In An Elephant World (performing artist: Tom Chapin) Wonderful World (performing artist: Sam Cooke) You and Me Against the World (performing artist: Helen Reddy) YOU'RE MY WORLD (performing artist: HELEN REDDY) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title | ||
References |
| ||
Books |
| ||
Periodicals | |||
Theater & Movies | |||
Music |
| ||
High Tech |
| ||
Consumer Goods |
| ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Rep. Paul G. Rogers, chairman of the subcommittee, summed up the hearings at RPMI (Roswell Park Memorial Institute), to pass the National Cancer Act of 1971. Hearings were held on October 11, 1971. He felt that it was symbolic to hold hearings for the National Cancer Act at the oldest cancer research institute in the world. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Line graph showing past and projected world population. Credit: CDC. |
 | The last known person in the world to have smallpox of any kind. Variola minor in 23-year-old Ali Maow Maalin, Merka, Somalia. Credit: CDC. |  | Most of the eastern U.S. was cloud free October 11. Such widespread cloudlessness in this part of the world is rare. These clear skies are associated with a region of high pressure over the eastern central U.S. Credit: NASA. |
 | World Record Breaking Paper Airplane. Credit: NASA. |  | Explore the World with SeaWiFS at 4 kilometer resolution. Credit: NASA. |
 | Spanning the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula and most of Florida Bay, Everglades National Park is the only subtropical preserve in North America. It is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles exist side by side. Credit: NASA. |  | The Lena River, some 2,800 miles(4,500km) long, is one of the largest rivers in the world. The Lena Delta Reserve is the most extensive protected wilderness area in Russia. It is an important refuge and breeding grounds for many species of Siberian wildlife. Credit: NASA. |
 | World longitude network setup at Manila Note radio gear to receive time ticks Chronograph is drum-like instrument to right. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Bamberg transit set up Astro party of E. J. Brown Part of World Longitude Campaign. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
 |  |
| ""HI" to the world" by Mo Commentary: "Picture was taken in january this year (2002) from the 4th storey my brother and me made that "HI" in the snow an dec 31th 2001 and take a photo the next year ;D." | "Tiny World 01" by Ronald Fruin Commentary: "Big fluffy clouds." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | A new age, world music style piece with synthesizers and bamboo flute. | | Thick synthesized texture with guitar playing in a new age or world music style. |
| World music style with influences from South America, Jamaica, and Hawaii. | | Very world music or new age style example using synthesized flutes and guitar. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Bailey | America -- half-brother to the world. |
Francois De La Rochefoucauld | Fortune and humor govern the world. |
Frank Lloyd Wright | Truth against the world. |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | The world loves a spice of wickedness. |
James A. Garfield | Ideas control the world. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | Appearance rules the world. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | The world remains ever the same. |
Park Benjamin | Beauty and grace command the world. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | We walk alone in the world. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Howbeit, this is not the only kind of regiment that has been received in the world. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | They have a world to win. (reference) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. (The Gettysburg Address) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Council may deal at its meetings with any matter within the sphere of action of the League or affecting the peace of the world. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | Today, in contrast, many Negroes have achieved outstanding success in the arts and sciences as well as in the business and professional world. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | The world is very different now. (reference) |
Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | In each of these cases, the defendant, while in police custody, was questioned by police officers, detectives, or a prosecuting attorney in a room in which he was cut off from the outside world. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | You are the worst judge in the world, Mr. Knightley, of the difficulties of dependence |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | "Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?" |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The world had been so cheerless |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The world is a huge diamond |
Trainspotting | Irvine Welsh | less likely to get hurt by our cruel world, when obviously the reverse is true |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A sin, an instant of folly and weakness, drove Adam and Eve out of Eden and brought death and suffering into the world. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Then, masters, look to see a troublous world. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He was a stranger to all the world, but he was not lonely |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | And one thing I might depend upon, that they would certainly tell me truth, for lying was a talent of no use in the lower world. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | World Health Organization. (references) | |
It is found throughout the world. (references) | ||
HD is found in every country of the world. (references) | ||
Business | It has also been declared as a World Heritage Sight. (references) | |
Asia is the most disaster-prone region in the world. (references) | ||
Europe leads the world in mobile data communications. (references) | ||
Children | Bolivia | The Ministry of Education and the World Bank estimated in 1997 that 26 percent of children graduated from high school. (references) |
Belarus | According to a 1999 World Bank study, the majority of those living in poverty were families with multiple children or single mothers. (references) | |
Switzerland | To combat child pornography on the Internet, the Federal Office for Police provides an Internet monitoring service on its World Wide Web page. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Iran | Human rights groups and governments around the world criticized the lack of due process in the proceedings. (references) |
Zambia | These services include broadcasts of Cable News Network (CNN), BBC World Sky Television, and the SABC's Africa News. (references) | |
Liberia | In May the Government allowed journalists and supporters to march in Monrovia to commemorate World Press Freedom Day. (references) | |
Economic History | Brazil | Brazil supported the Allies in both World Wars. (references) |
Switzerland | The Swiss did not participate in either world war. (references) | |
Guinea | Infant mortality rate (1999 World Bank)--98/1,000. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bahrain | The society also sent representatives to attend the World Conference on Racism in Durban. (references) |
Afghanistan | Afghanistan is the most heavily mined country in the world, according to U.N. mine-clearing experts. (references) | |
Algeria | NDI has brought in international political experts from around the world to work with the local groups. (references) | |
Minorities | Slovak Republic | Numerous applications that were filed with the state for compensation for citizens who were deported to German controlled concentration camps during World War II continued to be processed at year's end. (references) |
Cuba | Nevertheless racial discrimination often occurred and was acknowledged publicly by high governmental officials, including President Castro during remarks at the World Conference on Racism in South Africa. (references) | |
Solomon Islands | Over the past century, and particularly since World War II, many persons from the poor, heavily populated island of Malaita have settled on Guadalcanal, the island on which the capital of Honiara is located. (references) | |
Political Economy | URUGUAY | It is followed by the World Bank, which has one-fourth. (references) |
TURKEY | Turkey is a founding member of the World Trade Organization. (references) | |
MALAYSIA | Nearly all float glass that moves in world trade is rectangular. (references) | |
Political Rights | Turkey | These charges were based on a statement by HADEP on the occasion of World Peace Day in September 2000. Demir's conviction under Article 169 for his remarks at the Ankara Provincial Convention were also suspended. (references) |
Trade | Cyprus | Cyprus graduated from World Bank borrowing in 1992. (references) |
Singapore | This includes daily sailings to every major port in the world. (references) | |
Travel | Taiwan | They offer delivery to and from most countries around the world. (references) |
Taiwan | Direct transmission is available to many countries in the world as well. (references) | |
France | A direct-dial telephone system links France to the U.S. and most of the world. (references) | |
Women | Nigeria | While some women have made considerable individual progress both in the academic and business world, women remain underprivileged. (references) |
Tanzania | In 1998 the Dodoma Traditional Practices and Beliefs Committee, supported by a World Health Organization (WHO) grant, continued a program to eliminate FGM in the Dodoma region. (references) | |
Benin | Surveys, including one conducted by the World Health Organization in 1999, reliably placed the estimate of the number of women who had undergone FGM at approximately 50 percent. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Laos | The FLTU is a member of the World Federation of Trade Unions. (references) |
Togo | The CSTT is an affiliate of the World Confederation of Labor. (references) | |
Indonesia | World Vision estimated that there were 6.5 million children working. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FRYING-:PAN:, n. One part of the penal apparatus employed in that punitive institution, a woman's kitchen. The frying-pan was invented by Calvin, and by him used in cooking span-long infants that had died without baptism; and observing one day the horrible torment of a tramp who had incautiously pulled a fried babe from the waste-dump and devoured it, it occurred to the great divine to rob death of its terrors by introducing the frying-pan into every household in Geneva. Thence it spread to all corners of the world, and has been of invaluable assistance in the propagation of his sombre faith. The following lines (said to be from the pen of his Grace Bishop Potter) seem to imply that the usefulness of this utensil is not limited to this world; but as the consequences of its employment in this life reach over into the life to come, so also itself may be found on the other side, rewarding its devotees: Old Nick was summoned to the skies. Said Peter: "Your intentions Are good, but you lack enterprise Concerning new inventions. "Now, broiling in an ancient plan Of torment, but I hear it Reported that the frying-pan Sears best the wicked spirit. "Go get one -- fill it up with fat -- Fry sinners brown and good in't." "I know a trick worth two o' that," Said Nick -- "I'll cook their food in't." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Andy Rooney | Gee, I think whole world would come down on them if they did that. I think they would have better sense than to do that. I very much doubt that they would do that. |
Barbara Eden | Oh, sure, because you don't think about anything else but what you're doing. That's your world. It's afterwards that's bad. |
Dennis Miller | Many people in the world do not eat at the most popular fast food places because of religious beliefs. |
Jerry Lewis | Yeah. And I'm the only one with a red one in the world. Medtronic had it made specially for me and gave it to me two weeks ago. |
Karl Lagerfeld | Cha Cha, I love. I was a champion in Cha Cha, world. I even remember very well and I do very well the Bolero. I don't know if you remember that one. |
Pamela Anderson | A girl's got to do what a girl's got to do. And in this world, you got to use everything you got. |
Phil McGraw | That's right. Do something. Take action. The world rewards action. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. If you want different, do different. |
Rush Limbaugh | Pilgrims of the New World Unite! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | How far in the discharge of my official duties I have been guided by the principles which have been delineated the public records and other evidences of my conduct must witness to you and to the world. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Its acceptance should pave the way to greater limitation of armament, the offer of which we sincerely extend to the world. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Communism holds that the world is so deeply divided into opposing classes that war is inevitable. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Some, impoverished by the recent World War, seek to restore their means of livelihood. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | To achieve this end, the United States will continue to spend a greater portion of its national production than any other people in the free world. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | His dream for peace after World War I was shattered on the hard realities of great power politics and Woodrow Wilson died a broken man. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Europe was enslaved, and the world prayed for its rescue. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | What a group of kids we've sent into the world. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | A China playing its proper role in the world is. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Rarely has the world faced a choice more clear or consequential. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "World" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.37% of the time. "World" is used about 58,968 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.37% | 58,008 | 148 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.63% | 960 | 7,583 |
| Total | 100.00% | 58,968 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "world" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| World | Last name | 300 | 24,081 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "world". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Heldai | N/A | Biblical | The world |
| Huldah | N/A | Biblical | The world |
| Tubal | N/A | Biblical | The world |
| Hulda | N/A | Biblical (Variant) | The world |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
| |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Sea World Property Trust | Canada | Liquidation World Incorporated |
| Hong Kong | New World China Land Limited | Japan | Kintetsu World Express, Inc. |
| Malaysia | Best World Land Berhad | Netherlands | World Online N.V. |
| South Africa | Admiral Leisure World Limited | Sweden | A Brand New World AB |
| Taiwan | United World Chinese Commercial Bank | Thailand | BEC World Public Co Limited |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "world": a world of ♦ A world to see ♦ ad since the world was made ♦ adult world ♦ All in the world ♦ all in the world and his wife ♦ all over the world ♦ all the difference in the world ♦ all the world ♦ all the world and his wife ♦ all the world of letters ♦ animal world ♦ anumal world ♦ Arab World ♦ atlas of the world ♦ be beforehand with the world ♦ be brought into the world ♦ be dead to the world ♦ be ushered into this world ♦ begin the world ♦ bestride the world like a colossus ♦ blind to the world ♦ bohemian world ♦ bring into the world ♦ business world ♦ citizen of the world ♦ citizens of the world ♦ come down in the world ♦ come into world ♦ conception of the world ♦ contemporary world ♦ creation of the world ♦ dead to the world ♦ do a world of good ♦ down in the world ♦ dream world ♦ end of the world ♦ external world ♦ fantasy world ♦ fashionable world ♦ Fifth World ♦ financial world ♦ first world ♦ first World War ♦ for all the world ♦ for all the world like ♦ for all the world to see ♦ Fore world ♦ forsake the world ♦ Fourth World ♦ free World ♦ gay world ♦ get in the world ♦ Greek World ♦ Guiness's Book of World Records ♦ he lives quite out of the world ♦ he was all the world to his mother ♦ hello world ♦ i would not do it for the world ♦ in the world of yore ♦ in this world ♦ international map of the world ♦ international Workers of the World ♦ island world ♦ known all over the world ♦ latin world ♦ lower world ♦ man of the world ♦ map of the world ♦ materialist conception of the world ♦ modern world ♦ money makes the world go round ♦ mum's the world ♦ nether world ♦ new world ♦ new World anteater ♦ new World beaver ♦ new World blackbird ♦ new World chat ♦ new World coral snake ♦ new World flycatcher ♦ new world goldfinch ♦ new World jay ♦ new World least weasel ♦ new World leishmaniasis ♦ new world monkey ♦ New world monkeys ♦ new World mouse ♦ new World opah ♦ new World oriole ♦ new World porcupine ♦ New World seedeaters ♦ new World sparrow ♦ new World tapir ♦ new World vulture ♦ new World warbler ♦ next world ♦ not for the world ♦ old World ♦ old World ant thrushes ♦ old World beaver. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "world": world-affirming, world-apart, world-as-we-perceive-it, world-band, world-beater, world-beaters, world-beating, world-burial, world-cancelling, world-champion, world-changers, world-changes, world-changing, world-class, world-climate, world-conquering, world-convulsion, world-creation, world-cup, world-dazzling, world-death, world-debt, world-deep, world-defying, world-designers, world-destroying, world-destruction, world-direction, world-dominant, world-dominating, World-duma, world-echo, world-economy, world-egg, world-encompassing, world-faiths, world-famed, world-famous, world-figure, world-first, world-girdling, world-historical, world-history, world-including, world-in-the-making, world-its, world-knowledge, world-known, world-lead, world-leading, world-line, world-market, world-music, world-night, world-of, world-old, world-order, world-organisational, world-patented, world-picture, world-pictures, world-politics, world-power, world-ranked, world-ranking, world-rated, world-record, world-rejecting, world-renouncing, world-renowned, world-respected, world-rule, world-scale, world-scene, world-seasoned, world-seen-from-just-underneath, world-series, world-shakers, world-shaking, world-shattering, world-sheet, world-shifting, world-size, world-slayer, world-society, world-soul, world-spider, world-stage, world-stoppers, world-study, world-style, world-supply, world-system, world-systems, world-third, world-threatening, world-title, world-travelled, world-view, world-views, world-vision, world-war, world-war-i, world-war-one, world-weariness, world-weary, world-welfare-enhancing, world-wide, World-Wide Wait, world-wide web, World-Wide Web browser, World-Wide Web Worm, World-wide-web, world-wise, world-wondering. | |
Ending with "world": art-world, dream-world, ex-world, first-world, off-world, old-world, other-world, poor-world, post-world, pre-world, real-world, rich-world, round-the-world, spirit-world, third-world, upper-world. | |
Containing "world": ex-world-class, first-world-war, post-second-world-war, round-the-world trip, third-world country, third-world-debt. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
world sex | 36,412 | katies world | 2,203 |
disney world | 20,375 | us news and world report | 2,170 |
world map | 18,373 | omaha world herald | 2,160 |
sea world | 13,322 | world wide web | 2,157 |
world war 2 | 10,816 | boy meet world | 2,155 |
college world series | 9,523 | world history | 2,041 |
walt disney world | 8,896 | disney world hotel | 2,031 |
world trade center | 5,548 | sea world san diego | 1,993 |
cnn world news | 5,407 | world clock | 1,989 |
world war 1 | 4,176 | holiday world | 1,989 |
world | 4,080 | camping world | 1,958 |
world time | 3,784 | sea world san antonio | 1,937 |
world atlas | 3,035 | as the world turn | 1,846 |
world news | 2,901 | world travel | 1,686 |
pc world | 2,847 | world of fun | 1,674 |
world health organization | 2,715 | seven wonder of the world | 1,544 |
real world | 2,566 | disney world ticket | 1,525 |
flag of the world | 2,515 | world time zone | 1,518 |
disney world vacation | 2,423 | jimmy eat world | 1,473 |
world sex guide | 2,221 | world bank | 1,460 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "world"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | wêreld. (various references) | |
Albanian | botë (earth, globe). (various references) | |
Arabic | كون (cosmos, universe), كائنات (creatures), عالم (expert, hemisphere, kingdom, learned, lettered, province, scholar, universe, walk), الناس (commune, people, ruck), العالم (creation, know all, omniscience, past master, pundit, savant, scientist), الشؤون الدنياوية, البشر (human being, man, mortal, universe), دنيا (sphere, walk), بسيطة (earth, little). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | среди (quarter, quarters), свят (creation, earth, holy, ineffable, sacred, sainted, saintly, sanctimonious, spiritual, universe), светски (earthbound, earthly, fashionable, fleshly, laic, lay, material, mundane, profane, secular, smart, social, society, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, unclerical, worldly), световен (cosmic, global, planetary, universal, worldwide), кръг от хора (circle), всесветски, вселена (cosmos, macrocosm, universe), общество (community, company, life, public, society, sodality), миров, мир (accord, concord, pax, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, serenity), звезда (headliner, sphere, spider, star, top-liner), земята (orb), земното кълбо, планетата, планета (planet, primary, sphere). (various references) | |
Catalan | món. (various references) | |
Chinese | 世界 . (various references) | |
Czech | zemì (country, earth, ground, land, nation, place, soil), svìt (earth), svět, spoleènost (association, community, companionship, company, corporation, incorporation, league, partnership, party, set, society), lidstvo (humanity, humankind, mankind, people). (various references) | |
Danish | verden. (various references) | |
Dutch | wereld. (various references) | |
Esperanto | mondo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | verøld, heimur. (various references) | |
Farsi | گیتی (Universe), عالم (Erudite, Orb, Scientist, Universe), جهان (Macrocosm, Universe), روزگار (Period, Time), دنیا (Macrocosm, Universe, Vale). (various references) | |
Finnish | maailma. (various references) | |
French | monde. (various references) | |
Frisian | wrâld. (various references) | |
German | Welt (public, sphere, universe). (various references) | |
Greek | κόσμοσ (cosmos, people, universe), κόσμος (people), σύμπαν (cosmos, macrocosm, universe), υφήλιοσ (earth, globe), υφήλιος (globe). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | botë. (various references) | |
Hebrew | תבל (macrocosm, universe), עילום (eternity), עולם (eternity, existence, space, universe), כדור הארץ (earth, globe), בריאה (cosmos, creation, making). (various references) | |
Hungarian | világ (creation, everything swam before my eyes, have the world before one). (various references) | |
Icelandic | veröld, heimur. (various references) | |
Indonesian | jagat, jagad, dunia (kingdom, realm), blantika (arena), alam (natural, realm). (various references) | |
Irish | saol, domhan. (various references) | |
Italian | mondo (a world of, cleaned, earth, society, universe). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 代 (age, charge, cost, generation, materials, price, society, substitution). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ワールド , せけん (society), あめつち (heaven and earth, nature, realm, sphere, the universe, top and bottom), よち (earth, foreknowledge, foresight, intimation, margin, place, prediction, premonition, room, scope), よ (age, generation, more than, over, society), てんち (a change of air or scenery, heaven and earth, nature, realm, sphere, the universe, top and bottom). (various references) | |
Korean | 세계 (global). (various references) | |
Malay | dunia. (various references) | |
Manx | seihll (age, existence, life, lifetime, public, span). (various references) | |
Norwegian | verden (earth). (various references) | |
Papiamen | mundu, mundo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | orldway.(various references) | |
Polish | świat. (various references) | |
Portuguese | mundo (earth, orb). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | mundo. (various references) | |
Romanian | lume (cosmos, creation, earth, existence, folk, humanity, mankind, people, realm, society, universe). (various references) | |
Romany | doonyàs. (various references) | |
Russian | свет (glow, light, shine), мир (negotiated peace, pax, peace, quietude, universe). (various references) | |
Scottish | saoghal (an age, lifetime, the world). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | svet (holy, people, public). (various references) | |
Spanish | mundo (savoir faire). (various references) | |
Sranan | grontapu. (various references) | |
Swahili | ulimwengu. (various references) | |
Swazi | úm-hlâba. (various references) | |
Swedish | värld (realm, scene). (various references) | |
Tagalog | mundó. (various references) | |
Thai | ชาติหน้า (other world), มีฐานะทางสังคมสูงขึ้น (rise in the world), 7 สิ่งมหัศจรรย์ของโลก (Seven Wonders of the World). (various references) | |
Turkish | dünya (earth, globe, Monde, nature, planetary, terrene, terrestrial globe, vale of tears). (various references) | |
Turkmen | jahan, dьnяд (globe), дlem-jahan (universe), дlem. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сфера (ambit, area, circle, orb, purview, range, realm, region, sphere, way), світ (kingdom, nature, society), товариство (army, association, camaraderie, company, drawing room, fellowship, institution, order, partnership, society), кругозір (eyesight, horizon, outlook, purview, view), галузь (area, branch, circle, direction, domain, province, realm, territory, way), всесвіт (cosmos, macrocosm, nature, universe), життя (being, existence, life), безліч (a lot of, abundance, army, array, bag, bagful, barrel, bushel, cumulus, dozens, host, infinite, lashings, legion, lots of, multitude, number, numbers, ocean, oodles, orb, orgy, pack, plenty, reams, rout, ruck, scores, shoal, shower, ton, variety, vast, wealth, wilderness), період історії. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xã hội, việc đời, vạn vật thế gian, trần tục (mundane, profane, subsolar), thế giới thiên hạ, thế giới (universe), nhân loại, mọi người cuộc đời, hoàn cầu, cuộc sống xã hội giới nhiều, cõi trần gian, địa cầu vũ trụ. (various references) | |
Welsh | byd (life, state). (various references) | |
Yucatec | kab. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 1. ar. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | caeli, caelique, caelis, caelo, caelorum, caelos, caelum, coelesyriae, coelesyriam, luce, lucem, luci, lucis, lucum, lucumque, lux, mundi, mundis, mundo, mundos, mundum, mundus, orbis, vulgo. (various references) |
| Sanskrit | 300 BCE-Modern | jagat. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | |
| Old English | 450-1100 | middangeard. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | mondo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 28, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | DidaskonteV autouV threin panta osa eneteilamhn umin kai idou egw meq umwn eimi pasaV taV hmeraV ewV thV sunteleiaV tou aiwnoV amhn |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & læreð þæt hyo healden ealle þa þing.þe ich eow be-bead. & ich beo mid eow ealledages oððe worulde ændenge. Amen. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Techynge hem to kepe alle thingis, what euer thingis Y haue comaundid to you; and lo! Y am with you in alle daies, in to the ende of the world. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Teachinge them to observe all thynges what soever I comcommaunded you. And lo I am with you all waye even vntyll the ende of the worlde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 28, Verse 20 |
| Chinese | 凡 我 所 吩 咐 你 們 的 、 都 教 訓 他 們 遵 守 我 就 常 與 你 們 同 在 、 直 到 世 界 的 末 了 。 |
| Croatian | i uèeæi ih èuvati sve što sam vam zapovjedio!" "I evo, ja sam s vama u sve dane - do svršetka svijeta." |
| Danish | og idet I lære dem at holde alt det, som jeg har befalet eder. Og se, jeg er med eder alle Dage indtil Verdens Ende." |
| Dutch | En ziet, Ik ben met ulieden al de dagen tot de voleinding der wereld. Amen. |
| Finnish | ja opettamalla heitä pitämään kaikki, mitä minä olen käskenyt teidän pitää. Ja katso, minä olen teidän kanssanne joka päivä maailman loppuun asti." |
| French | et enseignez-leur à observer tout ce que je vous ai prescrit. Et voici, je suis avec vous tous les jours, jusqu`à la fin du monde. |
| German | und lehret sie halten alles, was ich euch befohlen habe. Und siehe, ich bin bei euch alle Tage bis an der Welt Ende. |
| Hungarian | Tanítván õket, hogy megtartsák mindazt, a mit én parancsoltam néktek: és ímé én ti veletek vagyok minden napon a világ végezetéig. Ámen! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ajarkan mereka mentaati semua yang sudah Kuperintahkan kepadamu. Dan ingatlah Aku akan selalu menyertai kalian sampai akhir zaman." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan mengajar dia menurut segala sesuatu yang Aku pesan kepadamu. Maka ketahuilah olehmu: Aku ini beserta dengan kamu senantiasa hingga kepada kesudahan alam." |
| Latvian | Mâcîdami tâs pildît visu, ko es jums esmu pavçlçjis, un, lûk, es esmu ar jums lîdz pasaules galam. |
| Manx Gaelic | Gynsaghey daue dy reayll dy chooilley nhee cre-erbee ta mish er chur ayns sarey diu: as cur-my-ner, ta mish meriu kinjagh, eer gys jerrey yn theihll. |
| Maori | Akona ratou kia mau ki nga mea katoa i whakahaua e ahau ki a koutou: na, ko ahau tena hei hoa mo koutou i nga ra katoa, a te mutunga ra ano o te ao. Amine. |
| Norwegian | og lærer dem å holde alt det jeg har befalt eder. Og se, jeg er med eder alle dager inntil verdens ende! |
| Portuguese | ensinando-os a observar todas as coisas que eu vos tenho mandado; e eis que eu estou convosco todos os dias, até a consumação dos séculos. |
| Rumanian | Wi knvqyayi -i sq pqzeascq tot ce v`am poruncit. Wi iatq cq Eu sknt cu voi kn toate zilele, pknq la sfkrwitul veacului. Amin |
| Russian | ХЮБ ЙИ УПВМАДБФШ ЧУЈ, ЮФП с РПЧЕМЕМ ЧБН; Й УЕ, с У ЧБНЙ ЧП ЧУЕ ДОЙ ДП УЛПОЮБОЙС ЧЕЛБ. бНЙОШ. |
| Shuar | Ashí atumin Wi akatramajrum nu Nútiksarmek umiktin unuiniartarum. Tura ju nekaatarum: Tuke tsawantai ikiutsuk atumjai pujuttajai" Tímiayi Jesus. |
| Spanish | y enseñándoles que guarden todas las cosas que os he mandado. Y he aquí, yo estoy con vosotros todos los días, hasta el fin del mundo." |
| Swahili | Wafundisheni kushika maagizo yote niliyowapeni. Nami nipo pamoja nanyi siku zote; naam, mpaka mwisho wa nyakati." |
| Swedish | lärande dem att hålla allt vad jag har befallt eder. Och se, jag är med eder alla dagar intill tidens ände." |
| Uma | Tudui' -ramo mpotuku' hawe'ea to kuhawai' -kokoi. Kiwoi-koi: kudohei moto-koi duu' -na hi kahudua dunia'." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "world": worldlier, worldliest, worldliness, worldlinesses, worldling, worldlings, worldly, worlds, worldview, worldviews, worldwide. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "world": afterworld, counterworld, demiworld, dreamworld, microworld, netherworld, otherworld, subworld, underworld. (additional references) | |
Words containing "world": afterworlds, counterworlds, demiworlds, dreamworlds, microworlds, netherworlds, otherworldliness, otherworldlinesses, otherworldly, otherworlds, subworlds, underworlds, unworldliness, unworldlinesses, unworldly. (additional references) | |
| |
"World" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ewoldt, morld, owld, warlb, weorld, werl, werld, werle, werlt, wirld, wolv, wordd, wordl, wordly, wored, worl, worls, worlt, worold, worrd, wrole, wuld. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "world" (pronounced wer"ld) |
| 4 | w er" l d | swirled, twirled, whirled. |
| 3 | -er" l d | curled, hurled, unfurled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-l-o-r-w" | |
-1 letter: lord, wold, word. | |
-2 letters: dol, dor, dow, low, old, owl, rod, row. | |
-3 letters: do, lo, od, or, ow, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-l-o-r-w" | |
+1 letter: weldor, worlds. | |
+2 letters: bowlder, clowder, growled, lowbred, lowered, prowled, rowdily, roweled, warlord, weldors, whorled, wordily, worldly. | |
+3 letters: aardwolf, blowhard, bowlders, clowders, cowardly, deflower, drowsily, flowered, glowered, goalward, leadwork, leadwort, loanword, lowrider, moldwarp, overlewd, poleward, reflowed, reglowed, rowelled, subworld, towardly, troweled, warlords, welldoer, woodlark, woodlore, wordless, wordplay, workload. | |
+4 letters: blindworm, bloodworm, blowhards, boardwalk, dayflower, deflowers, demiworld, earlywood, fieldwork, flowerbed, forwardly, frowardly, landowner, leadworks, leadworts, loanwords, lowlander, lowriders, moldwarps, outwardly, pewholder, subworlds, swordlike, swordplay, swordtail, trowelled, underflow, underwool, unworldly, wallboard, welldoers, wonderful, woodlarks, woodlores, wordplays, workloads, worldlier, worldling, worldview, worldwide, worriedly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Frequency 18. Names: Derived from 19. Names: Company Usage 20. Expressions | 21. Expressions: Internet 22. Translations: Modern 23. Translations: Ancient 24. Bible Trace | 25. Abbreviations 26. Acronyms 27. Derivations 28. Rhymes | 29. Anagrams 30. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
