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# world

«world» in Mova's school dictionary: **the Earth and everything on it: all countries and people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the world, worlds)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The world is the Earth and everything on it: all countries and people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#m1)

2) A world is a planet, especially one where living things might live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#m2)

3) A world is a particular area of life or activity: the world of sport, the animal world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#m3)

4) «World» can mean a lot: «It did me a world of good». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, the world is shown on a globe or a world map with seven continents and five oceans. In science, «the natural world» means nature; «other worlds» means planets. In everyday life, «around the world», «world record», «the best in the world». Phrases: «in the world» (adds strength: «What in the world?»), «out of this world» (wonderful), «mean the world to», «world of difference».

### examples

- There are about 200 countries in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#x1)
- Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#x2)
- Look at the world map on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#x3)
- She wants to travel around the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#x4)
- My dog means the world to me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#x5)
- This cake is out of this world! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#x6)
- The world of insects is amazing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#x7)
- He broke the world record. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#x8)
- You do not understand the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/#x9)

### note

Usually «the world». Adjective: «worldwide». Do not confuse «world» with «word» — there is an «l». «World War» names two big wars of the 1900s.

### In the corpora

- [Energy bills pay for gas and electricity, and their prices rise and fall with world events.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/13/)
- [The British royal family is the most gossiped-about family in the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/0/)
- [The wedding is a fact the whole world watched.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/6/)
- [Then she told the world herself, in a video, that she had cancer and was having chemotherapy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/2/)
- [It was reported that an AI beat a world champion at the board game Go, after learning by playing enormous numbers of games.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «world» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/world/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.