noun
1 the earth/its people
ADJECTIVE
▪ known
▪
a medieval map of the known ~
▪ entire , whole
VERB + WORLD
▪ create , make
▪
They believe that God created the ~.
▪ destroy
▪
One of these days, humans will destroy the ~.
▪ save
▪ conquer , dominate , rule , take over
▪
Fast food outlets seem to be taking over the ~.
▪ populate
▪ explore , tour , travel
▪ see
▪
As a young man, he wanted to see the ~ before he settled down.
▪ lead
▪
Sweden leads the ~ in safety legislation.
WORLD + VERB
▪ end
▪
Many people imagine the ~ ending with an explosion.
WORLD + NOUN
▪ atlas , map
▪ population
▪ leader , power , superpower
▪
a meeting of the major ~ powers
▪ economy
▪ order
▪
the new ~ order marked by American dominance
▪ recession , slump
▪ market
▪ trade
▪ price
▪
World oil prices continue to rise.
▪ domination
▪
A handful of Internet companies are battling for ~ domination.
▪ empire
▪
He is at the head of a ~ media empire.
▪ affairs , events , politics
▪ attention , opinion
▪
The bombing alienated ~ opinion.
▪ war
▪ champ ( informal ), champion , record-holder
▪
He was easily beaten by the reigning ~ champion.
▪ championship , cup , title
▪ class
▪
The team is ~ class.
▪ record
▪
She shattered the ~ record for the marathon.
▪ rankings
▪
He has never before featured in the top ten ~ rankings.
▪ renown
▪
scientists of ~ renown
▪ religion
▪
the major ~ religions
▪ cinema , music (= from or influenced by cultures outside Europe and North America)
▪ premiere
▪
The movie had its ~ premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
▪ tour
▪
The band are about to embark on a six-month ~ tour.
PREPOSITION
▪ across the ~
▪
Astronomers across the ~ will be watching the night sky.
▪ around the ~ , round the ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
The ceremony was watched live by millions around the ~.
▪ in the ~
▪
He felt he was the luckiest man in the whole ~.
▪ throughout the ~
▪
People throughout the ~ will be watching the big game on television.
PHRASES
▪ all around the ~ , all over the ~ , all round the ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
The ceremony was watched live by millions around the ~.
▪ the end of the ~ ( figurative )
▪
It won't be the end of the ~ if you don't get the job.
▪ on a ~ scale
▪
Communist parties were formed on a ~ scale after the Russian Revolution.
▪ on the ~ stage
▪
The country became an important player on the ~ stage.
▪ a part of the ~
▪
It's an interesting part of the ~.
▪ rid the ~ of sth
▪
He is on a quest to rid the ~ of evil.
▪ the ~ over
▪
Scientists the ~ over have been waiting for this breakthrough.
2 part of the earth
ADJECTIVE
▪ Arab , English-speaking , Islamic , Muslim , Western , etc.
▪
Heads of state from all over the Arab ~ gathered for the conference.
▪ civilized
▪ free
▪ developed , First , industrialized , rich
▪
First-World consumers will have to eat less meat.
▪ developing , Third , underdeveloped
▪ New , Old
▪
Machismo is a New World phenomenon with roots in Old World cultures.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the … ~
▪
In the Western ~, there is a different attitude to marriage.
3 life/society
ADJECTIVE
▪ changing , chaotic , ever-changing , fast-changing , fast-paced
▪ cruel , cut-throat , dog-eat-dog , hard , tough
▪ alien , crazy , mad ( esp. BrE ), strange , topsy-turvy
▪ ancient , medieval , Roman , etc.
▪ contemporary , modern , postmodern , today's
▪ globalized
▪
In today's globalized ~, telecommunications have broken down boundaries.
▪ post-apocalyptic , post-war
▪
The movie is set in a bizarre post-apocalyptic ~.
▪ brave new
▪
the architects' vision of a brave new ~ of pristine concrete
▪ vanishing
▪
These tribesmen are proud survivors of a vanishing ~.
▪ peaceful
▪ ideal , perfect
▪ imperfect
▪
This is an imperfect ~, and we have to compromise.
▪ external , outer , outside , real
▪
Throughout his time in prison he had no contact with the outside ~.
▪
In the real ~ things don't always happen like they do in books.
▪ day-to-day , everyday , mundane , workaday
▪
She has to deal with the day-to-day ~ of bills, schools, and problems.
▪ dream , fantasy , fictional , imaginary , inner , make-believe , private
▪
She enjoys creating imaginary ~s for children.
▪
She lives in her own inner ~.
▪ sb's own
▪
She lives in her own little ~.
▪ alternative , parallel
▪ material , physical
▪ simulated , virtual
▪ digital
▪ spiritual
▪ spirit
▪
Mediums claim to receive messages from the spirit ~.
▪ secular
▪ social
▪ animal , insect , natural , plant
▪
I like living in the country because I'm interested in the natural ~.
▪ academic , art , business , corporate , fashion , industrial , literary , medical , publishing , sports
▪ different
▪
We come from different ~s.
▪ whole , whole wide , wider
▪
She told him he was her only friend in the whole wide ~.
▪
The wider ~ learned of his illness months after he told his family.
▪ small
▪
I'm sure we'll meet again. It's a very small ~ in this profession.
VERB + WORLD
▪ change , remake , reshape , revolutionize , shape , transform
▪
Young people always think they are going to change the ~.
▪
Technology has remade the ~.
▪ have , inhabit , live in
▪
Children often have their own private ~.
▪ look at , perceive , see , view
▪
different ways of looking at the ~
▪ create
▪
Computer games create whole virtual ~s.
▪ imagine
▪
Can you imagine a ~ without possessions?
▪ come into , enter , escape into
▪
We come into the ~ with nothing.
▪
He entered the ~ of politics in 1997.
▪
Show business gave him the chance to escape into another ~.
▪ bring sb into
▪
She had brought six children into the ~.
▪ divide
▪
She tends to divide the ~ into ‘winners’ and ‘losers’.
▪ escape from , shut yourself away from , shut out
▪
He closed his eyes and tried to shut out the ~.
▪ face
▪
For the first time since the death of her parents, she felt able to face the ~.
▪ take on
▪
He felt ready to take on the ~ when he finished college.
▪ tell
▪
He wanted to tell the ~ how happy he was.
▪ prove to , show
▪
She was determined to show the ~ that she was no loser.
▪ rock , shake , shock , stun
▪
The news of the assassination shook the ~.
WORLD + VERB
▪ change
▪ collapse , crumble , fall apart
▪
His ~ fell apart when his wife died.
▪ revolve around sb/sth
▪
She thinks the ~ revolves around her and her schedule.
▪ owe sb sth
▪
He seems to think that the ~ owes him a living.
WORLD + NOUN
▪ knowledge
▪ view
▪
Teachers influence the ~ view of their young students.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the … ~
▪
He's well known in the fashion ~.
▪ ~ about ( esp. BrE ), ~ around
▪
At this age, babies are starting to take an interest in the ~ around them.
▪ ~ of
▪
In the ~ of finance there is little room for sentiment.
▪ ~ outside
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Aren't you interested in the ~ outside your window?
PHRASES
▪ sb's experience of the ~ , sb's knowledge of the ~ , sb's perception of the ~
▪ the eyes of the ~
▪
The eyes of the ~ are on the president.
▪ in an ideal ~ , in a perfect ~
▪
In an ideal ~, I'd like to work just three days a week.
▪ in a ~ of your own
▪
I tapped on the window to get her attention but she was in a ~ of her own.
▪ the rest of the ~
▪
He just wanted to shut himself away from the rest of the ~.
▪ take the ~ by storm
▪
a young writer who is taking the ~ by storm
▪ watch the ~ go by
▪
He likes to sit outside his front door and watch the ~ go by.
▪ a whole other ~ ( informal )
▪
There is a whole other ~ outside school.
▪ the ways of the ~
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He's too young to understand the ways of the ~.
▪ ~s apart
▪
Although they are twins, they are ~s apart in their attitude to life.