world
/wɝld/ verb C2- To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focusing on national or other distinctions; compare globalize.
- To make real; to make worldly.
He/she/it worlds · Past worlded · Past participle worlded · -ing form worlding
Verb forms
- Base form
- world
- He/she/it
- worlds
- Past
- worlded
- Past participle
- worlded
- -ing form
- worlding
From the library
“There is only one thing in the world I am afraid of.”
But, you see, the Land of Oz has never been civilized, for we are cut off from all the rest of the world.
Gilbert had whisked the pin out of sight and was studying his history with the soberest face in the world; but when the commotion subsided he looked at Anne and winked with inexpressible drollery.
But the Birch Path is one of the prettiest places in the world, Marilla.”
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