world

/wɝld/

nounworld

Think: "WORLd" = WORk + LD (like "land")—the world is the land where we work and live.

Yes, it's world. Don’t add an extra vowel—it's spelled w-o-r-l-d (not *worald* or *worl*d*).

Definitions

  1. nounthe Earth and all the people, places, and things on it
  2. nouna particular area of human activity or experience (for example, sports, science, or business)

Examples

  • “People all over the world celebrate different holidays.”
  • “The news report described events happening around the world.”
  • “She hopes to work in the world of medicine someday.”

Synonyms

earthglobeplanethumanitysociety

Translations

ES mundoPT mundoFR monde

Common misspellings

wurldwoldwroldwordlworaldwourldwolrdworid

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