Collocations for world - noun

known
a medieval map of the known world

entire, whole

create, make
They believe that God created the world.

destroy
One of these days, humans will destroy the world.

save
conquer, dominate, rule, take over
Fast food outlets seem to be taking over the world.

populate
explore, 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.

end
Many people imagine the world ending with an explosion.

atlas, map
population
leader, power, superpower
a meeting of the major world powers

economy
order
the new world order marked by American dominance

recession, slump
market
trade
price
World oil prices continue to rise.

domination
A handful of Internet companies are battling for world domination.

empire
He is at the head of a world media empire.

affairs, events, politics
attention, opinion
The bombing alienated world opinion.

war
champ (informal), champion, record-holder
He was easily beaten by the reigning world champion.

championship, cup, title
class
The team is world class.

record
She shattered the world record for the marathon.

rankings
He has never before featured in the top ten world rankings.

renown
scientists of world renown

religion
the major world religions

cinema, music (= from or influenced by cultures outside Europe and North America)
premiere
The movie had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

tour
The band are about to embark on a six-month world tour.

across the world
Astronomers across the world will be watching the night sky.

around the world, round the world (esp. BrE)
The ceremony was watched live by millions around the world.

in the world
He felt he was the luckiest man in the whole world.

throughout the world
People throughout the world will be watching the big game on television.

all around the world, all over the world, all round the world (esp. BrE)
The ceremony was watched live by millions around the world.

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.

rid the world of sth
He is on a quest to rid the world of evil.

the world over
Scientists the world over have been waiting for this breakthrough.

Arab, English-speaking, Islamic, Muslim, Western, etc.
Heads of state from all over the Arab world gathered for the conference.

civilized
free
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.

in the … world
In the Western world, there is a different attitude to marriage.

changing, chaotic, ever-changing, fast-changing, fast-paced
cruel, cut-throat, dog-eat-dog, hard, tough
alien, crazy, mad (esp. BrE), strange, topsy-turvy
ancient, medieval, Roman, etc.
contemporary, modern, postmodern, today's
globalized
In today's globalized world, telecommunications have broken down boundaries.

post-apocalyptic, post-war
The movie is set in a bizarre post-apocalyptic world.

brave new
the architects' vision of a brave new world of pristine concrete

vanishing
These tribesmen are proud survivors of a vanishing world.

peaceful
ideal, perfect
imperfect
This is an imperfect world, and we have to compromise.

external, outer, 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.

day-to-day, everyday, mundane, workaday
She has to deal with the day-to-day world of bills, schools, and problems.

dream, fantasy, fictional, imaginary, inner, make-believe, private
She enjoys creating imaginary worlds for children.
She lives in her own inner world.

sb's own
She lives in her own little world.

alternative, parallel
material, physical
simulated, virtual
digital
spiritual
spirit
Mediums claim to receive messages from the spirit world.

secular
social
animal, insect, natural, plant
I like living in the country because I'm interested in the natural world.

academic, art, business, corporate, fashion, industrial, literary, medical, publishing, sports
different
We come from different worlds.

whole, 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.

change, remake, reshape, revolutionize, shape, transform
Young people always think they are going to change the world.
Technology has remade 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

create
Computer games create whole virtual worlds.

imagine
Can you imagine a world without possessions?

come into, enter, escape into
We come into the world with nothing.
He entered the world of politics in 1997.
Show business gave him the chance to escape into another world.

bring sb into
She had brought six children into the world.

divide
She tends to divide the world into ‘winners’ and ‘losers’.

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 felt ready to take on the world when he finished college.

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.

rock, shake, shock, stun
The news of the assassination shook the world.

change
collapse, crumble, 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.

knowledge
view
Teachers influence the world view of their young students.

in the … world
He's well known in the fashion world.

world about (esp. BrE), world around
At this age, babies are starting to take an interest in the world around them.

world of
In the world of finance there is little room for sentiment.

world outside
Aren't you interested in the world outside your window?

sb's experience of the world, sb's knowledge of the world, sb's perception of the world
the eyes of the world
The eyes of the world are on the president.

in an ideal world, in 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.

take the world by storm
a young writer who is taking the world by storm

watch the world go by
He likes to sit outside his front door and watch the world go by.

a whole other world (informal)
There is a whole other world outside school.

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.