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noun
Idioms1.
the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
2.
(often initial capital letter) a particular division of the earth: the Western world.
3.
the earth or a part of it, with its inhabitants, affairs, etc., during a particular period: the ancient world.
5.
EXPANDthe public generally: The whole world knows it.
6.
the class of persons devoted to the affairs, interests, or pursuits of this life: The world worships success.
7.
a particular class of people, with common interests, aims, etc.: the fashionable world.
8.
any sphere, realm, or domain, with all pertaining to it: a child's world; the world of dreams; the insect world.
9.
everything that exists; the universe; the macrocosm.
10.
any complex whole conceived as resembling the universe: the world of the microcosm.
11.
one of the three general groupings of physical nature: animal world; mineral world; vegetable world.
12.
any period, state, or sphere of existence: this world; the world to come.
13.
Often, worlds. a great deal: That vacation was worlds of fun.
14.
any indefinitely great expanse.
15.
COLLAPSEany heavenly body: the starry worlds.
16.
bring into the world,
a.
to give birth to; bear: My grandmother brought nine children into the world.
b.
to deliver (a baby): the doctor brought many children into the world.
17.
come into the world, to be born: Her first child came into the world in June.
18.
for all the world,
a.
for any consideration, however great: She wouldn't come to visit us for all the world.
b.
in every respect; precisely: You look for all the world like my Aunt Mary.
19.
in the world,
a.
at all; ever: I never in the world would have believed such an obvious lie.
b.
from among all possibilities: Where in the world did you find that hat?
20.
EXPANDon top of the world. top1 (def. 47).
21.
out of this/the world, exceptional; fine: The chef prepared a roast duck that was out of this world.
22.
set the world on fire, to achieve great fame and success: He didn't seem to be the type to set the world on fire.
23.
think the world of, to like or admire greatly: His coworkers think the world of him.
24.
COLLAPSEworld without end, for all eternity; for always.
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Out of this world
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English world, weorold; cognate with Dutch wereld, German Welt, Old Norse verǫld, all < Germanic *wer-ald- literally, age of man
before 900; Middle English; Old English world, weorold; cognate with Dutch wereld, German Welt, Old Norse verǫld, all < Germanic *wer-ald- literally, age of man
Related forms
coun·ter·world, noun
in·ter·world, noun
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Word Origin & History
world
O.E. woruld, worold "human existence, the affairs of life," also "the human race, mankind," a word peculiar to Gmc. languages (cf. O.S. werold, O.Fris. warld, Du. wereld, O.N. verold, O.H.G. weralt, Ger. Welt), with a literal sense of "age of man," from P.Gmc. *wer "man" (O.E. wer, still in werewolf;
EXPANDsee virile) + *ald "age" (see old). Originally "life on earth, this world (as opposed to the afterlife)," sense extended to "the known world" (e.g. "Greatest Show on Earth"), then to "the physical world in the broadest sense, the universe" (c.1200). In O.E. gospels, the commonest word for "the physical world," was Middangeard (O.N. Midgard), lit. "the middle enclosure" (cf. yard), which is rooted in Gmc. cosmology. Gk. kosmos in its ecclesiastical sense of "world of people" sometimes was rendered in Goth. as manaseþs, lit. "seed of man." The usual O.N. word was heimr, lit. "abode" (see home). Words for "world" in some other I.E. languages derive from the root for "bottom, foundation" (cf. Ir. domun, O.C.S. duno, related to Eng. deep); the Lith. word is pasaulis, from pa- "under" + saule "sun." Original sense in world without end, translating L. sæcula sæculorum, and in worldly. L. sæculum can mean both "age" and "world," as can Gk. aion. Worldwide is from 1632. World power in the geopolitical sense first recorded 1900. World-class is attested from 1950, originally of Olympic athletes.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
out of this world
Extraordinary, superb, as in Her carrot cake is out of this world. This colloquial term refers to something too good for this world. [Early 1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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