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Definition of world English in English: world Englishnoun mass noun1The English language including all of its regional varieties, such as North American, Australian, New Zealand, and South African English. Example sentencesExamples - But when you add up all the speakers of English in the world and you reach a total of about 1 1/2 billion, even America is only a small dialect of world English - 250 million speakers in America, or something like that.
- 1.1 A basic form of English, consisting of features common to all regional varieties.
Example sentencesExamples - The simplification used in World English is aimed directly at improving communication particularly across cultural lines - essentially increasing the odds whereby persons can be understood and can understand others
- But there is a sense now that there is a need for having a world English, and in a sense, isn't that what The New Oxford Dictionary of English is?
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