Tra từ world - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

world [world worlds] BrE [wɜːld] NAmE [wɜːrld] noun

THE EARTH/ITS PEOPLE
1. the worldsingular the earth, with all its countries, peoples and natural features
•to sail around the world
•travelling (all over) the world
•a map of the world
• French is spoken in many parts of the world.
• Which is the largest city in the world?
•He's the world's highest paid entertainer.
•a meeting of world leaders
•campaigning for world peace
2. countable, usually singular a particular part of the earth; a particular group of countries or people; a particular period of history and the people of that period
•the Arab world
•the English-speaking world
•the industrialized and developing worlds
•the ancient/modern world
see also ↑First World, ↑New World, ↑Old World, ↑Third World

ANOTHER PLANET
3. countable a planet like the earth
•There may be other worlds out there.

TYPE OF LIFE
4. countable the people or things belonging to a particular group or connected with a particular interest, job, etc
•the animal/plant/insect world
•the world of fashion
•stars from the sporting and artistic worlds
5. usually singular (usually used with an adjective)everything that exists of a particular kind; a particular kind of life or existence
•the natural world (= animals, plants, minerals, etc.)
• They are a couple in the real world as well as in the movie.
• The island is a world of brilliant colours and dramatic sunsets.
•They had little contact with the outside world (= people and places that were not part of their normal life).

PERSON'S LIFE
6. singular a person's environment, experiences, friends and family, etc
• Parents are the most important people in a child's world.
• When his wife died, his entire world was turned upside down.

SOCIETY
7. singular our society and the way people live and behave; the people in the world
• We live in a rapidly changing world.
• He's too young to understand the ways of the world.
•The whole world was waiting for news of the astronauts.
•She felt that the world was against her.
•The eyes of the world are on the President.
8. the worldsingular a way of life where possessions and physical pleasures are important, rather than spiritual values
•monks and nuns renouncing the world
see also ↑olde worlde, ↑old-world

HUMAN EXISTENCE
9. singular the state of human existence
•this world and the next (= life on earth and existence after death)
more at brave new world at ↑brave _adj., dead to the world at ↑dead _adj., not the end of the world at ↑end _n., be lost to the world at ↑lost, promise (sb) the earth/moon/world at ↑promise _v., it's a small world at ↑small _adj., on top of the world at ↑top _n., watch the world go by at ↑watch _v., the way of the world at ↑way _n., with the best will in the world at ↑will _n., the worst of all (possible) worlds at ↑worst _n.
Idioms: ↑all the world to somebody ▪ ↑best of all possible worlds ▪ ↑come into the world ▪ ↑do somebody the world of good ▪ for all the world as if ▪ ↑for all the world like somebody ▪ ↑go up in the world ▪ ↑have the world at your feet ▪ how/why in the world ▪ ↑in a world of your own ▪ ↑in an a perfect world ▪ ↑in the world ▪ ↑man of the world ▪ ↑not for the world ▪ ↑out of this world ▪ ↑see the world ▪ ↑set the world on fire ▪ ↑set the world to rights ▪ ↑the … of this world ▪ ↑what is the world coming to? ▪ world and his wife ▪ ↑world away ▪ ↑world is your oyster ▪ world of difference ▪ ↑world over ▪ ↑worlds apart
See also: ↑set the world alight

Word Origin:
Old English w(e)oruld, from a Germanic compound meaning ‘age of man’; related to Dutch wereld and German Welt.

Example Bank:
•Although they are twins, they are worlds apart in their attitude to life.
•Aren't you interested in the world outside your window?
•As a young man, he wanted to see the world before he settled down.
•Astronomers across the world will be watching the night sky.
•At this age, babies are starting to take an interest in the world around them.
•Can you imagine a world without possessions?
•Children often have their own private world.
•Communist parties were formed on a world scale after the Russian Revolution.
•Computer games create whole virtual worlds.
•Fast food outlets seem to be taking over the world.
•First World consumers will have to eat less meat.
•For the first time since the death of her parents, she felt able to face the world.
•He closed his eyes and tried to shut out the world.
•He entered the world of politics in 1997.
•He felt he was the luckiest man in the whole world.
•He felt ready to take on the world when he finished college.
•He has never before featured in the top ten world rankings.
•He is at the head of a world media empire.
•He is on a quest to rid the world of evil.
•He just wanted to shut himself away from the rest of the world.
•He likes to sit outside his front door and watch the world go by.
•He seems to think that the world owes him a living.
•He wanted to tell the world how happy he was.
•He was easily beaten by the reigning world champion.
•He was so happy to leave school, he felt ready to take on the world.
•He's too young to understand the ways of the world.
•He's well known in the fashion world.
•Heads of state from all over the Arab world gathered for the conference.
•His world fell apart when his wife died.
•I like living in the country because I'm interested in the natural world.
•I tapped on the window to get her attention but she was in a world of her own.
•I'm sure we'll meet again. It's a very small world in this profession.
•In an ideal world, I'd like to work just three days a week.
•In the Western world, there is a different attitude to marriage.
•In the real world things don't always happen like they do in books.
•In the world of finance there is little room for sentiment.
•In today's globalized world, telecommunications have broken down boundaries.
•It won't be the end of the world if you don't get the job.
•It's an interesting part of the world.
•Machismo is a New World phenomenon with roots in Old World cultures.
•Many people imagine the world ending with an explosion.
•Mediums claim to receive messages from the spirit world.
•One of these days, humankind will destroy the world.
•People throughout the world will be watching the big game on television.
•Scientists the world over have been waiting for this breakthrough.
•She enjoys creating imaginary worlds for children.
•She had brought six children into the world.
•She has to deal with the day-to-day world of bills, schools, and problems.
•She lives in her own inner world.
•She shattered the world record for the 200 metres.
•She tends to divide the world into ‘winners’ and ‘losers’.
•She thinks the world revolves around her and her schedule.
•She told him he was her only friend in the whole wide world.
•She was determined to show the world that she was no loser.
•Show business gave him the chance to escape into another world.
•Sweden leads the world in safety legislation.
•Teachers influence the world view of their young students.
•Technology has remade the world.
•The Portuguese team looked like world beaters in last night's game.
•The band are about to embark on a six-month world tour.
•The bombing alienated world opinion.
•The ceremony was watched live by millions around the world.
•The country became an important player on the world stage.
•The eyes of the world are on the president.
•The movie had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
•The movie is set in a bizarre post-apocalyptic world.
•The news of the assassination shook the world.
•The team is world class.
•The wider world learned of his illness months after he told his family.
•There is a whole other world outside school.
•These tribesmen are proud survivors of a vanishing world.
•They believe that God created the world.
•This is an imperfect world, and we have to compromise.
•Throughout his time in prison he had no contact with the outside world.
•We come from different worlds.
•We come into the world with nothing.
•World oil prices continue to rise.
•Young people always think they are going to change the world.
•a medieval map of the known world
•a meeting of the major world powers
•a young writer who is taking the world by storm
•different ways of looking at the world
•scientists of world renown
•the architects' vision of a brave new world of pristine concrete
•the major world religions
•the new world order marked by American dominance
•In the ancient world, the jobs of miller and baker were usually combined.
•The book has sold 12 million copies in the English-speaking world and has been translated into six languages.
•The motto was inscribed on buildings throughout the Roman world.