Collocations for "world"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "world" in context.
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world
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [human, animal, ancient, Western, mineral] world
- the [literary, scientific, political] world
- a [cruel, big, wide, strange] world
- (in) the [whole, entire] world
- the [whole, big] wide world
- [travel, sail, fly] around the world
- [travel] the world (over)
- venture out into the (wide) world
- it's a small world!
- bring a [child, baby] into the world
- the [dinner, movie, game] was out of this world!
- the [biggest, smallest, fastest] (animal) in the world
- [nowhere, everywhere, anywhere, somewhere] in the world
- a world of [love, hate, richness, problems, harmony]
- a world of [three, four] dimensions
- the world of [show business, sports, politics]
- I want it more than anything in [the, this] world
- she was caught between two worlds
- the world is your oyster
- not for [anything, all the money] in the world
- the worlds to be [discovered, explored]
- the world's [best, most expensive] player
- the world [championship, cup, final] (of)
- the World [Cup, Series]
'world' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
attempt
- beat
- better
- bid
- break
- build
- catch
- change
- cock
- compete
- cut
- destroy
- discover
- dream
- embrace
- equal
- escape
- exist
- experience
- explore
- give
- ground
- head
- impact
- interview
- know
- learn
- open
- people
- prepare
- promise
- read
- regard
- rock
- rule
- save
- set
- shape
- shelter
- shock
- show
- solve
- spell
- spin
- stay
- threaten
- title
- travel
- wake
- wish