ADJ
- known
- a medieval map of the known world
- whole
VERB + WORLD
- create, make
- They believe that God created the world
- destroy
- One of these days, humankind will destroy the world
- take over
- Fast food outlets seem to be taking over the world
- 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 + NOUN
- leader
- economy
- recession, slump
- market
- trade
- price
- World oil prices continue to rise
- domination
- A handful of Internet companies are battling for world domination
- affairs, events
- attention, opinion
- The bombing alienated world opinion
- war
- champion
- He was easily beaten by the reigning world champion
- championships, cup, title
- class
- The team is world class
- beaters
- The Portuguese team looked like world beaters in last night's game
- record
- She shattered the world record for the 200 metres
- rankings
- He has never before featured in the top ten world rankings
- religion
- the major world religions
- music (= music that includes influences from different parts of the world)
- tour
- The band are about to embark on a six-month world tour
PREP
- across the ~
- Astronomers across the world will be watching the night sky
- all around/over/round the ~
- The ceremony was watched live by millions around the world
- in the ~
- He felt he was the luckiest man in the whole world
- throughout the ~
- People throughout the world will be watching the big match on television
PHRASES
- 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
- the world over
- Scientists the world over have been waiting for this breakthrough
ADJ
- Arab, English-speaking, Western, etc.
- Heads of state from all over the Arab world gathered for the conference
- 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
PREP
- in the … ~
- In the Western world, there is a different attitude to marriage
ADJ
- ever-changing
- cruel, dog-eat-dog, hard, tough
- crazy, mad, topsy-turvy
- ancient, medieval, Roman, etc.
- contemporary, modern, today's
- brave new
- the architects' vision of a brave new world of pristine concrete
- vanishing
- These tribesmen are proud survivors of a vanishing world
- 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
- dream, fantasy, imaginary, inner, private
- She enjoys creating imaginary worlds for children. She lives in her own inner world
- material, physical
- simulated, virtual
- spiritual
- spirit
- Mediums claim to receive messages from the spirit world
- social
- animal, insect, natural, plant
- I like living in the country because I'm interested in the natural world
- academic, art, business, fashion, industrial, literary, medical, sports
- different
- We come from different worlds
- sb's own (little)
- She lives in her own little world
- 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
- Young people always think they are going to change 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
- come into, enter, escape into
- We come into the world with nothing. He entered the world of politics in 1997. Showbusiness gave him the chance to escape into another world
- bring sb into
- She had brought six children into the world
- 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 was so happy to leave school, he felt ready to take on the world
- 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
- shake, shock, stun
- The news of the assassination shook the world
WORLD + VERB
- 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
PREP
- in the … ~
- He's well known in the fashion world
- ~ about/around
- At this age, babies are starting to take an interest in the world around them
- ~ of
- In the world of high finance, there is little room for sentiment
PHRASES
- experience/knowledge/perception of the world, the eyes of the world
- The eyes of the world are on the president
- in an ideal/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
- watch the world go by
- He likes to sit outside his front door and watch the world go by
- 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