"see the world" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sees the world [present, singular, third-person], seeing the world [participle, present], saw the world [past], seen the world [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|see<,,saw,seen> the world}} see the world (third-person singular simple present sees the world, present participle seeing the world, simple past saw the world, past participle seen the world)
  1. (informal) To travel extensively; to experience many different places. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Travel Related terms: broaden one's horizons, take the shilling
    Sense id: en-see_the_world-en-verb-aQKKr7pK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "saw the world",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seen the world",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "see<,,saw,seen> the world"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Travel",
          "orig": "en:Travel",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Transport",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Join the Navy to see the world [recruitment pitch]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To travel extensively; to experience many different places."
      ],
      "id": "en-see_the_world-en-verb-aQKKr7pK",
      "links": [
        [
          "travel",
          "travel"
        ],
        [
          "extensively",
          "extensively"
        ],
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To travel extensively; to experience many different places."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "broaden one's horizons"
        },
        {
          "word": "take the shilling"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sees the world",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeing the world",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saw the world",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seen the world",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    {
      "word": "take the shilling"
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        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
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        {
          "text": "Join the Navy to see the world [recruitment pitch]",
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        }
      ],
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        "To travel extensively; to experience many different places."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "travel",
          "travel"
        ],
        [
          "extensively",
          "extensively"
        ],
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To travel extensively; to experience many different places."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "see the world"
}

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