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world without end
world W0225900 (wûrld)n.1. a. The earth, especially together with the life it supports: a chemical found all over the world; an ecological disaster that could threaten the entire world.b. The universe: how the ancients conceived the world.2. a. Humankind considered as social beings; human society: turned her back on the world.b. People as a whole; the public: The event amazed the world.3. often World A specified part of the earth: the Western World.4. A part of the earth and its inhabitants as known at a given period in history: the ancient world.5. A realm or domain: the animal world; the world of imagination.6. a. A sphere of human activity or interest: the world of sports.b. A class or group of people with common characteristics or pursuits: the scientific world.7. A particular way of life: the world of the homeless.8. All that relates to or affects the life of a person: He saw his world collapse about him.9. Secular life and its concerns: a man of the world.10. a. Human existence; life: brought a child into the world.b. A state of existence: the next world.11. often worlds A large amount; much: did her a world of good; candidates that are worlds apart on foreign policy.12. A celestial body such as a planet: the possibility of life on other worlds.adj.1. Of or relating to the world: a world champion.2. Involving or extending throughout the entire world: a world crisis.Idioms: for all the world In all respects; precisely: She looked for all the world like a movie star. in the world Used as an intensive: How in the world did they manage? I never in the world would have guessed. out of this world Informal Extraordinary; superb: The dinner was out of this world. the world over Throughout the world: known the world over. world without end Forever.
[Middle English, from Old English weorold; see wī-ro- in Indo-European roots.]Thesaurusworld without endadjectiveEnduring for all time:amaranthine, ceaseless, endless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, never-ending, perpetual, unending.Archaic: eterne.nounThe quality or state of having no end:ceaselessness, endlessness, eternality, eternalness, eternity, everlastingness, perpetuity.world without end
world without endFor ever and ever; until the end of time. This unusual wording is taken from the King James translation of the phrase in saecula saeculorum. I vowed to love him world without end. The only part of the hymn I can remember goes, "As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen."See also: end, without, world world without end Forever.See also: end, without, worldEncyclopediaSeeworldworld without end
Synonyms for world without endadj enduring for all timeSynonyms- amaranthine
- ceaseless
- endless
- eternal
- everlasting
- immortal
- never-ending
- perpetual
- unending
- eterne
noun the quality or state of having no endSynonyms- ceaselessness
- endlessness
- eternality
- eternalness
- eternity
- everlastingness
- perpetuity
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