world
adj : 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}]
n 1: all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a
lover" [syn: {human race}, {humanity}, {humankind}, {human
beings}, {humans}, {mankind}, {man}]
2: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution
of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: {universe},
{existence}, {nature}, {creation}, {cosmos}, {macrocosm}]
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: {reality}]
4: people in general; especially a distinctive group of people
with some shared interest; "the Western world" [syn: {domain}]
5: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live;
"the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the
world" [syn: {Earth}, {globe}]
6: the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and
the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent
of the world" [syn: {worldly concern}, {earthly concern},
{earth}]
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" [syn: {populace}, {public}]