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World

/wɜːld/

World (العالم أو الكون) — illustrated meaning of the English word World on GL Dictionary

Meaning of World

The earth and all its people.

ما معنى كلمة World بالعربي؟

العالم أو الكون

🌍🌎 العالم أو الكون بأسره أو الكرة الأرضية وجميع سكانها والحياة عليها أو مجال معين من النشاط الإنساني 🌎🌟

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Synonyms & related words

earthglobeplanethumanitysocietyrealmsphere

World in a sentence

The world of neuroscience grows.
Scientific/GL Research
A world market.
Business/GL Innovation
World rights are licensed.
Legal/GL Patent
Pupils map the world.
Educational/GL Training

Origin of World

From Old English weorold.

In the Genetic Learning (GL) context

In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, world is a core word. GL reaches the world.

World audio micro-course (transcript)

Three short podcasts about “World”. Listen with the interactive player.

Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning

Narrator: Today's word is world — a noun, pronounced WURLD, IPA /wɜːld/.

Narrator: The world is the earth and all the people, places, and things on it — and also any sphere of life or activity.

Narrator: Plain English: the world is everything — the planet, all humanity, or a whole area of life, like the world of sport.

Narrator: It comes from the Old English woruld, which curiously meant the age of man — wer, man, plus eld, age — the span of human life.

Narrator: So its oldest sense was about human existence and time, only later widening to mean the whole earth itself.

Narrator: It grew countless figurative uses — the business world, a world of difference, the best of both worlds, out of this world.

Narrator: It can mean the planet, all people, an area of activity, or simply a huge amount — it means the world to me.

Narrator: The register is completely neutral and universal — one of the grandest yet most everyday words in English.

Narrator: World is everything at once — the whole earth, all its people, and every sphere of life within it.

Read podcasts 2 and 3

Podcast 2 — In conversation

Speaker A: My sister's travelling the world this year — she wants to see as much of the world as she possibly can.

Speaker B: What an adventure. Seeing the world young is the best thing. It opens your eyes to how big the world really is.

Speaker A: She says it's made a world of difference to how she sees things. And she's loving the world of new food everywhere.

Speaker B: That's a lovely use — a world of difference, the world of food. World can mean a whole area, not just the planet.

Speaker A: Right, like the business world or the art world.

Speaker B: Exactly — any sphere of life. And it's in warm phrases too: you mean the world to me, it'd mean the world.

Speaker A: What's the difference between world and earth, then?

Speaker B: Earth is the physical planet, the rock and oceans. World leans towards the people and life on it — the human side. Save the earth is the planet; the whole world watched is the people.

Speaker A: So world is more about people and spheres of life.

Speaker B: Beautifully put. And it's spelled W-O-R-L-D — that R-L-D ending catches people out.

Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering

Speaker B: Let's look at how world works in AI prompts. As a word for everything it's great for global apps, maps, and broad data views.

Speaker A: World as global scope — the AI builds something that spans everywhere?

Speaker B: Exactly. It signals the whole picture. First prompt — a world map app:

Prompt: Build a world map dashboard. Show data for every country on a clickable world map, let users tap any part of the world to see details, and total the figures across the whole world at the top.

Speaker B: World tells the AI the scope is global — the whole earth, all at once.

Speaker A: The world map is clear. What about a clock app?

Speaker B: Here:

Prompt: Build a world clock app. Let users add cities from around the world, show the current time in each, and highlight which parts of the world are in daytime right now.

Speaker A: A world clock — practical. For a database?

Speaker B: Try this:

Prompt: Design a database of countries for a world app. Store each country's name, region, and population, index the region, so I can query any part of the world quickly.

Speaker A: World data cleanly stored — tidy. For a game?

Speaker B: Like this:

Prompt: Build a geography quiz about the world. Ask players to place countries on a world map, score how well they know the world, and unlock new world regions as they improve.

Speaker A: A world geography game — fun. And a stats page?

Speaker B: Here:

Prompt: Build a stats page showing world totals and regional splits. Display the world figure first, then break it down by region, so users see both the whole world and each part clearly.

Speaker A: World totals with regional detail — insightful.

Speaker B: One grand word for everything. Use world in a prompt and the AI builds global, far-reaching features around it.

Frequently asked questions about World

What does World mean?

The earth and all its people.

ما معنى كلمة World بالعربي؟

العالم أو الكون — 🌍🌎 العالم أو الكون بأسره أو الكرة الأرضية وجميع سكانها والحياة عليها أو مجال معين من النشاط الإنساني 🌎🌟

How do you pronounce World?

World is pronounced /wɜːld/ and is used as a noun.

How is World used in a sentence?

The world of neuroscience grows.

What are synonyms of World?

earth, globe, planet, humanity, society, realm.

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