World Definition–noun | 1. | the earth or globe, considered as a planet. |
| 2. | (often initial capital letter ) a particular division of the earth: the Western world. |
| 3. | the earth or a part of it, with its inhabitants, affairs, etc., during a particular period: the ancient world. |
| 4. | humankind; the human race; humanity: The world must eliminate war and poverty. |
| 5. | the public generally: The whole world knows it. |
| 6. | the class of persons devoted to the affairs, interests, or pursuits of this life: The world worships success. |
| 7. | a particular class of people, with common interests, aims, etc.: the fashionable world. |
| 8. | any sphere, realm, or domain, with all pertaining to it: a child's world; the world of dreams; the insect world. |
| 9. | everything that exists; the universe; the macrocosm. |
| 10. | any complex whole conceived as resembling the universe: the world of the microcosm. |
| 11. | one of the three general groupings of physical nature: animal world; mineral world; vegetable world. |
| 12. | any period, state, or sphere of existence: this world; the world to come. |
| 13. | Often, worlds. a great deal: That vacation was worlds of fun. |
| 14. | any indefinitely great expanse. |
| 15. | any heavenly body: the starry worlds. |
—Idioms| 16. | bring into the world, | a. | to give birth to; bear: My grandmother brought nine children into the world. |
| b. | to deliver (a baby): the doctor brought many children into the world. |
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| 17. | come into the world, to be born: Her first child came into the world in June. |
| 18. | for all the world, | a. | for any consideration, however great: She wouldn't come to visit us for all the world. |
| b. | in every respect; precisely: You look for all the world like my Aunt Mary. |
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| 19. | in the world, | a. | at all; ever: I never in the world would have believed such an obvious lie. |
| b. | from among all possibilities: Where in the world did you find that hat? |
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| 20. | on top of the world. top1 (def. 46). |
| 21. | out of this or the world, exceptional; fine: The chef prepared a roast duck that was out of this world. |
| 22. | set the world on fire, to achieve great fame and success: He didn't seem to be the type to set the world on fire. |
| 23. | think the world of, to like or admire greatly: His coworkers think the world of him. |
| 24. | world without end, for all eternity; for always. |
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Travel Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure. |
| 2. | to move or go from one place or point to another. |
| 3. | to proceed or advance in any way. |
| 4. | to go from place to place as a representative of a business firm. |
| 5. | to associate or consort: He travels in a wealthy crowd. |
| 6. | Informal. to move with speed. |
| 7. | to pass, or be transmitted, as light or sound. |
| 8. | Basketball.
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| 9. | to move in a fixed course, as a piece of mechanism. |
–verb (used with object) | 10. | to travel, journey, or pass through or over, as a country or road. |
| 11. | to journey or traverse (a specified distance): We traveled a hundred miles. |
| 12. | to cause to journey; ship: to travel logs downriver. |
–noun | 13. | the act of traveling; journeying, esp. to distant places: to travel to other planets. |
| 14. | travels, | a. | journeys; wanderings: to set out on one's travels. |
| b. | journeys as the subject of a written account or literary work: a book of travels. |
| c. | such an account or work. |
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| 15. | the coming and going of persons or conveyances along a way of passage; traffic: an increase in travel on state roads. |
| 16. | Machinery. | a. | the complete movement of a moving part, esp. a reciprocating part, in one direction, or the distance traversed; stroke. |
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| 17. | movement or passage in general: to reduce the travel of food from kitchen to table. |
–adjective | 18. | used or designed for use while traveling: a travel alarm clock. |
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