"world" meaning in Englisch

See world in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: wɜː(ɹ)ld, wɜː(ɹ)ldz Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-world.wav , En-us-world.oga , En-ca-world.ogg Forms: the world [singular], the worlds [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜːld Etymology: altenglisch worold „Menschheit“ (verwandt mit deutsch Welt, niederländisch wereld) von germanisch *wer „Mann“ und *ald „Zeitalter“
  1. kein Plural: der Planet Erde Tags: geography
    Sense id: de-world-en-noun-V0ziab8P Topics: astronomy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Earth Translations (kein Plural: Astronomie, Geografie: der Planet Erde): Erde [feminine] (Deutsch), Welt [feminine] (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Substantiv (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "altenglisch worold „Menschheit“ (verwandt mit deutsch Welt, niederländisch wereld) von germanisch *wer „Mann“ und *ald „Zeitalter“",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the world",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the worlds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "H. G. Wells ^(→ WP): The War of the Worlds. In: Project Gutenberg eBook. 1. Buch: The coming of the Martians, Kapitel 1: The eve of the war (URL) .",
          "text": "\"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; …\"",
          "translation": "Niemand würde in den letzten Jahren des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts geglaubt haben, dass diese Welt scharf und aus der Nähe von Intelligenzen größer als die der Menschen und dennoch so sterblich wie man selbst, beobachtet wurde; …"
        }
      ],
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        "kein Plural: der Planet Erde"
      ],
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "geography"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "wɜː(ɹ)ld"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "wɜː(ɹ)ldz",
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        "Plural:"
      ]
    },
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      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-world.wav"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-ca-world.ogg"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Plural:"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜːld"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Earth"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "kein Plural: Astronomie, Geografie: der Planet Erde",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erde"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "kein Plural: Astronomie, Geografie: der Planet Erde",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Welt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "world"
}
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    "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
    "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "altenglisch worold „Menschheit“ (verwandt mit deutsch Welt, niederländisch wereld) von germanisch *wer „Mann“ und *ald „Zeitalter“",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the world",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the worlds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "ref": "H. G. Wells ^(→ WP): The War of the Worlds. In: Project Gutenberg eBook. 1. Buch: The coming of the Martians, Kapitel 1: The eve of the war (URL) .",
          "text": "\"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; …\"",
          "translation": "Niemand würde in den letzten Jahren des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts geglaubt haben, dass diese Welt scharf und aus der Nähe von Intelligenzen größer als die der Menschen und dennoch so sterblich wie man selbst, beobachtet wurde; …"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kein Plural: der Planet Erde"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "geography"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      ]
    },
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      "oga_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-world.oga"
    },
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      "audio": "En-ca-world.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/En-ca-world.ogg/En-ca-world.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-ca-world.ogg"
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Plural:"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜːld"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Earth"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "kein Plural: Astronomie, Geografie: der Planet Erde",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erde"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "kein Plural: Astronomie, Geografie: der Planet Erde",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Welt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "world"
}

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