Definition of World

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Definition of World

World

The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

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.

The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests.

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.

The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.

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.

The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind.

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.

As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number.

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World Quotations

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
Mother Teresa

Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.
Mother Teresa

There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Mother Teresa

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
Buddha

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
Buddha

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
Buddha

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
Thomas Jefferson

I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology.
Thomas Jefferson

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.
Thomas Jefferson

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
Thomas Jefferson

World Translations

world in Danish is verden
world in Dutch is aardrijk, wereld
world in Finnish is maailma
world in French is mondiale, monde
world in German is Welt
world in Italian is mondo
world in Latin is mundus
world in Norwegian is verden, verden
world in Portuguese is mundo
world in Spanish is mundo

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