| query | You can use w____ to refer to a particular field of activity, and the people involved in it.You can use world to refer to a particular field of activity, and the people involved in it. The publishing world had certainly never seen an event quite like this. ...the latest news from the world of finance. |
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| word | world |
| full-definition | noun The world is the planet that we live on. It's a beautiful part of the world. More than anything, I'd like to drive around the world. The satellite enables us to calculate their precise location anywhere in the world. The world refers to all the people who live on this planet, and our societies, institutions, and ways of life. The world was, and remains, shocked. He wants to show the world that anyone can learn to be an ambassador. ...his personal contribution to world history. ...inflationary pressures in the world economy. You can use world in expressions such as the Arab world, the western world, and the ancient world to refer to a particular group of countries or a particular period in history. Athens had strong ties to the Arab world. ...the developing world. Dogs were also associated with healing in the ancient world. Someone's world is the life they lead, the people they have contact with, and the things they experience. His world seemed so different from mine. I lost my job and it was like my world collapsed. I tried to understand the adult world and could not. You can use world to refer to a particular field of activity, and the people involved in it. The publishing world had certainly never seen an event quite like this. ...the latest news from the world of finance. You can use world to refer to a place or way of life by describing its strongest features . ...a golf course set in a hidden world of parkland, forest and lakes. The patient must re-enter a world full of problems and stresses. You can use world in expressions such as this world, the next world, and the world to come to refer to the state of being alive or a state of existence after death . Good fortune will follow you, both in this world and the next. You can use world to refer to a particular group of living things, for example the animal world, the plant world, and the insect world . A world is a planet. He looked like something from another world. Man was drawing closer to the stars, opening new worlds. adjective You can use world to describe someone or something that is one of the most important or significant of its kind on earth. He was regarded as a leading world statesman. China has once again emerged as a world power. He was one of Newcastle's most distinguished medical men, a world authority on heart-diseases. |
| inflections | worlds |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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