world
n.
planet or globe; particular part of Earth; planet Earth; universe, cosmos; humankind; general public, public as a whole; material realm (as opposed to the spiritual realm); a lot, very much
World
World (disambiguation)
world
Noun
1. all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
(synonym) human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man
(hypernym) group, grouping
(member-meronym) people
2. everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
(synonym) universe, existence, creation, cosmos, macrocosm
(hypernym) natural object
(hyponym) closed universe
(member-meronym) galaxy, extragalactic nebula
(part-meronym) celestial body, heavenly body
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"
(synonym) reality
(hypernym) experience
(hyponym) real world, real life
4. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
(synonym) domain
(hypernym) class, social class, socio-economic class
(hyponym) academia, academe
5. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
(synonym) Earth, globe
(hypernym) terrestrial planet
(member-holonym) solar system
(part-meronym) atmosphere, air
6. the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
(synonym) worldly concern, earthly concern, earth
(hypernym) concern
7. a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"
(hypernym) part, piece
8. people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
(synonym) populace, public
(hypernym) people
(hyponym) admass
(member-meronym) audience
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) global, planetary, world(a), worldwide
(similar) international
Alemeth
hiding; youth; worlds; upon the dead
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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世外桃源
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The valley of peach blossoms beyond this world.
A utopian land of peace and happiness away from the turmoil of the world.