The World is a name for the planet Earth seen from a human point of view, as a place inhabited by human beings. It is often used to mean the sum of human experience and history, or the 'human condition' in general.
2007-02-05 01:13:13
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answered by 00100 1
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Definitions of world on the Web:
universe: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"
people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
Earth: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
worldly concern: the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"
populace: people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
global: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"
2007-02-07 11:42:27
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answered by Anonymous
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1 a : the earthly state of human existence b : life after death
2 : the earth with its inhabitants and all things upon it
3 : individual course of life
4 : the inhabitants of the earth : the human race
5 a : the concerns of the earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven and the life to come b : secular affairs
6 : the system of created things
7 a : a division or generation of the inhabitants of the earth distinguished by living together at the same place or at the same time b : a distinctive class of persons or their sphere of interest or activity
8 : human society
9 : a part or section of the earth that is a separate independent unit
10 : the sphere or scene of one's life and action
11 : an indefinite multitude or a great quantity or distance
12 : the whole body of living persons
13 : a celestial body (as a planet)
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
2007-02-05 14:36:51
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answered by sweetpanther08 6
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The world is planet Earth.
2007-02-05 16:21:04
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answered by 3lixir 6
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a place
2007-02-05 06:08:55
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answered by Anonymous
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The World is a ball & I am the player!!
2007-02-05 12:45:24
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answered by Ramsees II- the Great One 5
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Depend, what u think about it.
For me, my family is the whole world.
For a Frog, the pond where he stays is the world for him.
2007-02-05 06:24:23
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answered by sweetie 3
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The place where you and around you live !
2007-02-05 06:11:37
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answered by toknowmore 4
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a place where we live and play football
2007-02-05 06:36:23
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answered by Melinda Gordon <3 5
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It is our planet - you should visit some time.
2007-02-05 16:35:04
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answered by JuventAus 5
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