WORLD

world: translation

noun

1 the earth/its people

ADJECTIVE

▪ known

▪ a medieval map of the known world

▪ entire, whole

VERB + WORLD

▪ create, make

▪ They believe that God created the world.

▪ destroy

▪ One of these days, humans will destroy the world.

▪ save

▪ conquer, dominate, rule, take over

▪ Fast food outlets seem to be taking over the world.

▪ populate

▪ explore, tour, travel

▪ see

▪ As a young man, he wanted to see the world before he settled down.

▪ lead

▪ Sweden leads the world in safety legislation.

WORLD + VERB

▪ end

▪ Many people imagine the world ending with an explosion.

WORLD + NOUN

▪ atlas, map

▪ population

▪ leader, power, superpower

▪ a meeting of the major world powers

▪ economy

▪ order

▪ the new world 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 world domination.

▪ empire

▪ He is at the head of a world media empire.

▪ affairs, events, politics

▪ attention, opinion

▪ The bombing alienated world opinion.

▪ war

▪ champ (informal), champion, record-holder

▪ He was easily beaten by the reigning world champion.

▪ championship, cup, title

▪ class

▪ The team is world class.

▪ record

▪ She shattered the world record for the marathon.

▪ rankings

▪ He has never before featured in the top ten world rankings.

▪ renown

▪ scientists of world renown

▪ religion

▪ the major world religions

▪ cinema, music (= from or influenced by cultures outside Europe and North America)

▪ premiere

▪ The movie had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

▪ tour

▪ The band are about to embark on a six-month world tour.

PREPOSITION

▪ across the world

▪ Astronomers across the world will be watching the night sky.

▪ around the world, round the world (esp.BrE)

▪ The ceremony was watched live by millions around the world.

▪ in the world

▪ He felt he was the luckiest man in the whole world.

▪ throughout the world

▪ People throughout the world will be watching the big game on television.

PHRASES

▪ all around the world, all over the world, all round the world (esp. BrE)

▪ The ceremony was watched live by millions around the world.

▪ the end of the world (figurative)

▪ It won't be the end of the world if you don't get the job.

▪ on a world scale

▪ Communist parties were formed on a world scale after the Russian Revolution.

▪ on the world stage

▪ The country became an important player on the world stage.

▪ a part of the world

▪ It's an interesting part of the world.

▪ rid the world of sth

▪ He is on a quest to rid the world of evil.

▪ the world over

▪ Scientists the world 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 world 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 … world

▪ In the Western world, 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 world, telecommunications have broken down boundaries.

▪ post-apocalyptic, post-war

▪ The movie is set in a bizarre post-apocalyptic world.

▪ brave new

▪ the architects' vision of a brave new world of pristine concrete

▪ vanishing

▪ These tribesmen are proud survivors of a vanishing world.

▪ peaceful

▪ ideal, perfect

▪ imperfect

▪ This is an imperfect world, and we have to compromise.

▪ external, outer, outside, real

▪ Throughout his time in prison he had no contact with the outside world.

▪ In the real world 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 world of bills, schools, and problems.

▪ dream, fantasy, fictional, imaginary, inner, make-believe, private

▪ She enjoys creating imaginary worlds for children.

▪ She lives in her own inner world.

▪ sb's own

▪ She lives in her own little world.

▪ alternative, parallel

▪ material, physical

▪ simulated, virtual

▪ digital

▪ spiritual

▪ spirit

▪ Mediums claim to receive messages from the spirit world.

▪ secular

▪ social

▪ animal, insect, natural, plant

▪ I like living in the country because I'm interested in the natural world.

▪ academic, art, business, corporate, fashion, industrial, literary, medical, publishing, sports

▪ different

▪ We come from different worlds.

▪ whole, whole wide, wider

▪ She told him he was her only friend in the whole wide world.

▪ The wider world learned of his illness months after he told his family.

▪ small

▪ I'm sure we'll meet again. It's a very small world in this profession.

VERB + WORLD

▪ change, remake, reshape, revolutionize, shape, transform

▪ Young people always think they are going to change the world.

▪ Technology has remade the world.

▪ have, inhabit, live in

▪ Children often have their own private world.

▪ look at, perceive, see, view

▪ different ways of looking at the world

▪ create

▪ Computer games create whole virtual worlds.

▪ imagine

▪ Can you imagine a world without possessions?

▪ come into, enter, escape into

▪ We come into the world with nothing.

▪ He entered the world of politics in 1997.

▪ Show business gave him the chance to escape into another world.

▪ bring sb into

▪ She had brought six children into the world.

▪ divide

▪ She tends to divide the world into ‘winners’ and ‘losers’.

▪ escape from, shut yourself away from, shut out

▪ He closed his eyes and tried to shut out the world.

▪ face

▪ For the first time since the death of her parents, she felt able to face the world.

▪ take on

▪ He felt ready to take on the world when he finished college.

▪ tell

▪ He wanted to tell the world how happy he was.

▪ prove to, show

▪ She was determined to show the world that she was no loser.

▪ rock, shake, shock, stun

▪ The news of the assassination shook the world.

WORLD + VERB

▪ change

▪ collapse, crumble, fall apart

▪ His world fell apart when his wife died.

▪ revolve around sb/sth

▪ She thinks the world revolves around her and her schedule.

▪ owe sb sth

▪ He seems to think that the world owes him a living.

WORLD + NOUN

▪ knowledge

▪ view

▪ Teachers influence the world view of their young students.

PREPOSITION

▪ in the … world

▪ He's well known in the fashion world.

▪ world about (esp. BrE), world around

▪ At this age, babies are starting to take an interest in the world around them.

▪ world of

▪ In the world of finance there is little room for sentiment.

▪ world outside

▪ Aren't you interested in the world outside your window?

PHRASES

▪ sb's experience of the world, sb's knowledge of the world, sb's perception of the world

▪ the eyes of the world

▪ The eyes of the world are on the president.

▪ in an ideal world, in a perfect world

▪ In an ideal world, I'd like to work just three days a week.

▪ in a world of your own

▪ I tapped on the window to get her attention but she was in a world of her own.

▪ the rest of the world

▪ He just wanted to shut himself away from the rest of the world.

▪ take the world by storm

▪ a young writer who is taking the world by storm

▪ watch the world go by

▪ He likes to sit outside his front door and watch the world go by.

▪ a whole other world (informal)

▪ There is a whole other world outside school.

▪ the ways of the world

▪ He's too young to understand the ways of the world.

▪ worlds apart

▪ Although they are twins, they are worlds apart in their attitude to life.

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[wɜːld]мир, свет; вселеннаяобщество; общественность, народ, нациясудьба, течение жизни, жизнь; мирокопределенная сфера деятельности, мирмирские дела; м... смотреть

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world [ˊwɜ:ld] n 1) мир, свет; вселе́нная; to bring into the world произвести́ на свет, роди́ть; the Old (New) W. Ста́рый (Но́вый) Свет; the world at ... смотреть

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1. сущ.1)а) общ. мир, свет; вселеннаяthe whole [entire\] world — весь мирto travel around the world — путешествовать вокруг света, путешествовать по ми... смотреть

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world 1. [wɜ:ld] n 1. 1) мир, свет, земля, земной шар the whole /entire/ ~ - весь мир to bring into the ~ - произвести на свет, родить to come into ... смотреть

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nмир, свет; обществоto adapt to a changing world — приспосабливаться к изменениям в миреto bring the world to the brink of war — ставить мир на грань в... смотреть

1. сущ. 1) мир, свет; вселенная around, round the world — вокруг света to travel around the world — путешествовать вокруг света, путешествовать по миру to bring into the world — произвести на свет, родить to see the world — повидать мир New World — Новый свет, Америка next world — потусторонний мир; мир иной (с религиозной коннотацией) outside world — внешний мир world at large, whole world, entire world — весь мир world over — во всем мире, в целом мире, по всему миру worlds apart — очень далеко - Old World Syn: universe 2) общество; общественность, народ, нация great world — светское общество The scientists announced their disocvery to the world. — Ученые сообщили общественности о своем открытии. Syn: public 2. 3) перен. судьба, течение жизни, жизнь (какого-л. одного человека); мирок to live in your own little world — жить в своем собственном маленьком мирке Syn: career 1. 4) а) определенная сфера деятельности, мир the world of letters — литературный мир the world of music — мир музыки the world of sport, the sports world — спортивный мир financial world — деловой мир б) рел. мирские дела; мирская, земная жизнь (в отличие от божественной, возвышенной) 5) мир, царство the animal world — животный мир the vegetable world — растительный мир Syn: kingdom 6) период истории; совокупность людей, живших в этот период There are many problems in the modern world. — В современном мире очень много проблем. ancient world — древний мир medieval world — средневековье modern world — современность 7) кругозор, мир His world is a very narrow one. — Его кругозор очень узок. 8) обозначает неопределенную множественность, массу, количество, расстояние, время и т. д. a world away — за тысячу километров, очень далеко These words make a world of difference. — Эти слова совершенно меняют дело. He has had a world of troubles. — У него была пропасть хлопот. 9) служит для усиления a world too — слишком What in the world does he mean? — Что, наконец, он хочет сказать? •• all the world and his wife — все без исключения; все светское общество for all the world as if — точно так, как если бы for all the world like — похожий во всех отношениях he would give the world to know — он бы все отдал, только бы узнать how goes the world with you? — как ваши дела? to come down in the world — опуститься, утратить былое положение to come up in the world, to rise in the world — сделать карьеру to think the world (of smb.) — быть очень высокого мнения о ком-л. - know the world 2. прил. 1) всемирный, мировой; охватывающий весь мир world championship — первенство мира, чемпионат мира world line-up — расстановка сил в мире world market — мировой рынок world outlook, view — мировоззрение, миропонимание world problems — мировые проблемы world trade — международная торговля 2) известный во всём мире, распространенный во всем мире world scientist — учёный с мировым именем world peace — мир во всём мире to bring about world peace — установить мир во всем мире Syn: worldwide 1.... смотреть

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n 1) світ, всесвіт; the whole ~ весь світ; all the ~ over, all over the ~ в усьому світі, по всьому світу; a journey round the ~ кругосвітня (навколосвітня) подорож; 2) сфера, галузь; кола; the ~ of commerce комерційні кола, торговельний світ; 3) період історії; the ancient ~ стародавній світ; 4) життя (людини); to begin the ~ вступати в життя; how goes the ~ with you? як поживаєте?, як ваші справи?; so goes the ~ розм. отаке життя; 5) світ, царство; the animal ~ тваринний світ; 6) світ, кругозір; his ~ is narrow його кругозір вузький (обмежений); 7) товариство, середовище, суспільство; 8) розм. безліч, багато; купа, сила-силенна; а ~ of faults безліч недоліків; а ~ of money шалені гроші; ♦ W. Bank Міжнародний (Світовий) банк; ~ champion чемпіон світу; ~ championship першість світу; ~ record світовий рекорд; ~ record-breaker рекордсмен світу; ~ sadness філос. світова скорбота; ~ series спорт, щорічний чемпіонат з бейсболу (у США); ~ spirit філос. світовий дух; ~ view світогляд; ~ war світова війна; W. War I (II) перша (друга) світова війна; ♦ not for the ~ ні за що в світі; on top of the ~ на вершині щастя; out of this ~ божественний, чудовий, прекрасний; the Old (the New) W. Старий (Новий) світ; to bring into the ~ народити; to come into the ~ народитися, з'явитися на світ; to know the ~ мати досвід; what in the ~ does he mean? що він, власне, хоче сказати?; ~ without end на віки вічні; навіки-віків.... смотреть

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1. n1) світ, всесвіт2) сфера діяльності, галузьthe world of books - світ книжокthe scientific world - науковий світ3) світ, царствоthe animal (vegetab... смотреть

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світ; суспільство; певна сфера діяльності World Association of Detectives — Всесвітня асоціація детективів (скор. ВАД) World Bank of Reconstruction an... смотреть

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світ; суспільство; певна сфера діяльності World Association of Detectives — Всесвітня асоціація детективів (скор. ВАД) World Bank of Reconstruction and Development — Всесвітній банк реконструкції і розвитку (скор. ВБРР) world conference on human rights — всесвітня (міжнародна) конференція з прав людини World Convention on Narcotic Drugs — Всесвітня конвенція стосовно наркотичних речовин World Intellectual Property Organization — Всесвітня організація інтелектуальної власності (скор. ВОІВ) World Meteorological Organization — Всесвітня метеорологічна організація (скор. ВМО) world arenaworld communityworld conferenceWorld Courtworld executionsWorld Health Organizationworld marketworld of lawworld of organized crimeworld orderworld politicsworld sceneWorld Trade Organizationworld trade rulesworld treaty... смотреть

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world: translation world UK US /wɜːld/ noun [C, usually singular] ► a particular area of activity: »Our world of work is changing rapidly. »the wor... смотреть

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• It's a small world - Мир тесен (M)• It takes all kinds of people to make the world - Вещь вещи рознь, человек человеку рознь (B), И сорока в одно пер... смотреть

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n світ, всесвіт- free ~ вільний світ - whole ~ весь світ - in the ~ arena на світовій арені - ~ affairs світові справи - W. Bank Міжнародний банк - ~ community світове співтовариство - ~'s fair всесвітній ярмарок/ виставка - ~ peace мир у всьому світі - ~ politics світова політика - citizen of the ~ громадянин світу, космополіт - unity and diversity of the ~ єдність і багатогранність/ різноманітність світу - to flood the ~ with smth. наповнювати/ наводняти світ чимсь... смотреть

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transcription, транскрипция: [ wə:ld ] мир ; все страны мира ; всемирный ; мировой ; международный ; ~ world Bank ; ~ world commerce ; ~ world economic outlook ; ~ world economy ; ~ world Food Council ; ~ world Food Programme ; ~ world market ; ~ world market prices ; ~ world market rates ; ~ world payment situation ; ~ world production ; ~ the world total ; ~ world trade ; ~ world-wide novelty ; ~ goods entering world trade ; ~ the rest of the world ;... смотреть

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n 1. мир, земля; 2. сфера, область; 3. царство; 4. период истории; 5. жизнь; 6. общество.* * *- Second World

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world: translationSee: COME UP IN THE WORLD or RISE IN THE WORLD, DEAD TO THE WORLD, FOR ALL THE WORLD, IN A WORLD OF ONE'S OWN or IN A WORLD BY ON... смотреть

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мир ; все страны мира ; всемирный ; мировой ; международный ; ? world Bank ; ? world commerce ; ? world economic outlook ; ? world economy ; ? world Food Council ; ? world Food Programme ; ? world market ; ? world market prices ; ? world market rates ; ?<br>... смотреть

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мир, свет; вселенная; общество мир, кругозор; множество, куча; (attr.) мировой, всемирный a world of - множество man of the world - светский человек; человек, умудренный жизненным опытом... смотреть