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other world

American  

noun

  1. the world after death; the future world.


other world British  

noun

  1. the spirit world or afterlife

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of other world

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200

Example Sentences

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These are challenges that are not specific to the UK, they are faced by other world leaders who are also struggling to cope.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

In that way, she may be following other world leaders who have tried to forge a working partnership with Trump—from Italy’s Giorgia Meloni to French President Emmanuel Macron—only to face a falling-out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The emptying of al-Hol ends a military and diplomatic impasse that long frustrated the U.S. and other world powers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

US Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Marco Rubio leads the US delegation, while more than 50 other world leaders have been invited.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

They’d told her to go through the opening in the Oxford she had lived in, the Oxford of Will’s world, which she’d done—to find herself dizzy and quaking with wonder in this extraordinary other world.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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