1.all of the inhabitants of the earth;
all the world loves a lover
2.everything that exists anywhere;
they study the evolution of the universe
3.all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you;
his world was shattered
4.people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest;
the Western world
5.the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live;
the Earth moves around the sun
6.the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife;
they consider the church to be independent of the world
7.a part of the earth that can be considered separately;
the outdoor world
8.people in general considered as a whole;
he is a hero in the eyes of the public
9.involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope;
global war