the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world";
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";
all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind'' because `mankind'' seemed to slight the women";
people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world";
people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public";
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world";
everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence";
a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects";
