Meaning of in the world | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An intensifier, often used after an interrogative word.
   idiomatic
2. Used for emphasis after a qualified noun.
3. In this present age; here and now.
4. Characteristic of wider society; worldly.

Equivalents

Examples

“What in the world was that?”

“Who in the world would want to do that?”

“"My darling child!" she cried, folding the little girl in her arms and covering her face with kisses. "Where in the world did you come from?"”

“the happiest girl in the world”

“Writing a “Treehouse Of Horror”segment has to be both exhilarating and daunting. It’s exhilarating because it affords writers all the freedom in the world.”

“In the world you will have trouble, but I leave you my peace that where I am there you may also be.”

“With some effort and discipline anyone can learn to get up early and to stand through long church services, to make prostrations and to work, and work hard, at jobs that you don’t necessarily like. A lot of people in the world have a much more difficult life in that sense.”

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