(music, rare) Traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music.

(idiomatic) Entirely, to all appearances.

The mythical giant sea turtle or tortoise that upholds the World in various cosmologies.

(philosophy) The world consisting of all the objects and events which are experienceable or whose existence is accepted by the human mind, but which exist independently of the mind.

plural of world-war

Alternative spelling of world war

(sometimes pluralized, almost always preceded by the) The manner, often unavoidable or displeasing, in which events usually unfold or in which people usually behave.

plural of way of the world

(physics) A path in spacetime, especially that traversed by an elementary particle from its creation to its destruction.

Used to express surprise at meeting an acquaintance or discovering a personal connection in a distant place or an unexpected context.