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world

/ˈwɜːld/WURLD
/ˈwɝld/WURLD

Meaningage of man

Common meaning: the earth and everyone on it

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishweoruld‘world’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwerldsource
  3. Middle Englishworldsource
  4. Englishworld‘the earth and everyone on it’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English weoruld ‘the age or life of men’.

Roots

  • weoruld Old English “the age or life of men”

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