world

The planet where we live, including its countries and people.

• She wants to travel around the world.
• This map shows every country in the world.
• People across the world watched the match.

Similar words: Earth, globe

Common phrases: around the world, world map, whole world

Life and everything that people experience together.

• The world is changing quickly.
• Children help us see the world differently.
• The internet transformed the world we knew.

Similar words: reality, existence

Common phrases: modern world, change the world

The people, activities, and ideas that belong to a particular group or area of life.

• She entered the world of fashion.
• He knows everyone in the business world.
• Their private world of shared jokes puzzled me.

Similar words: circle, sphere

Common phrases: business world, world of art

A planet, especially one where living things could exist.

• Could people live on another world?
• The story takes place on a distant world.
• Scientists search for worlds that might support life.

Similar words: planet

Common phrases: other world, distant world

Everything that matters to someone and makes up their personal experience of life.

• Music fills her world.
• His world changed when his daughter was born.
• After losing her job, she felt her world falling apart.

Similar words: life

Common phrases: someone’s world, whole world

Everything that exists, including space, stars, and planets.

• The philosopher imagined a world with no beginning.
• Their theory describes a world containing countless galaxies.
• They debated how the world first came into existence.

Similar words: universe, cosmos

Common phrases: whole world, world of matter