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Definition of world : 1. Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds.
2. As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number.
3. In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world.
4. Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew.
5. The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.
6. The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind.
7. The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests.
8. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.
9. The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind.

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field, adult male, bankrupt, realism, Australasia, comedown, institution, the world, Mother Earth, man, mountain, the Big Dipper, gentleman, matter, civilization, asteroid, orbit, antimatter, irreligious, ambiance, medium, origination, human beings, introduction, context, godless, Anglo-American, sight, be a household name/word, ground, produce, folks, the Antarctic, humankind, piece, populace, be remembered as someone/for (doing) something, beingness, civilize, acquire, have a baby, Atlantic Rim, lifestyle, descend, agnostic, universe of discourse, bag, plenty, climb, founding, civilized, instauration, Nineteen Eighty Four, conception, climate, childhood, earthly concern, American, scene, part, power, innovation, humanism, valet de chambre, worldly concern, ascent, lot, human being, constellation, memory, living standards, being, the globe, humanness, sphere, celestial object, human, manhood, flesh, species, class, background, territory, population, modus vivendi, human race, demesne, Asia-Pacific, barrel, Baltic, comet, planetary, the earth, mankind, career, bear, the Celtic fringe, the high life, life, surroundings, Anglo-Saxon, the Arctic, subject, terra firma, humans, need no introduction, pack, experience, province, culture, society, the planet, orb, circle, bailiwick, limited, civilise, area, irreverent, creative activity, much, solid ground, wealth, peck, gentleman's gentleman, cultural, civilisation, global, mass, realm, dark matter, system, way of life, disestablish, public, the turn of the century, place, abroad, atmosphere, be noted for, knowledge domain, era, dry land, military personnel, heap, be/become (a) legend, division, ball, bicoastal, realness, heretic, state of affairs, valet, environment, foundation, biome, military man, abundance, Homo sapiens, conditions, pile, advanced, secular, history, age, initiation, circumstance, serviceman, situation, profusion, Arctic, anglophone, the community, atheist, knowledge base, cluster, terrain, arena, existence, international, come out, the simple life, land, counterculture, milieu, coast-to-coast, position, unorthodox, be, light-year, black hole, department, adolescence, homo, continental, rationalist, the Caribbean, cosmea, beggar, cross-cultural, event, domain of a function, civil society, big, macrocosm, cosmic dust, domain, Central America, business, humanity, reality, worldwide

universe (part of speech: noun)

galaxy, nature, cosmos, universe, heavens, earth, creation, plenum, globe, planet

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