1world
\ˈwər(-ə)ld\
1 a: the earthly state of human existence b: life after death —used with a qualifier 2: the earth with its inhabitants and all things upon it 3: individual course of life : career 4: the inhabitants of the earth : the human race 5 a: the concerns of the earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven and the life to come b: secular affairs 6: the system of created things: universe 7 a: a division or generation of the inhabitants of the earth distinguished by living together at the same place or at the same time b: a distinctive class of persons or their sphere of interest or activity 8: human society 9: a part or section of the earth that is a separate independent unit 10: the sphere or scene of one's life and action 11: an indefinite multitude or a great quantity or distance 12: the whole body of living persons : public 13: kingdom 14: a celestial body (as a planet).
af·fair(s)
\ə-ˈfer\
1 a plural : commercial, professional, public, or personal business b: matter, concern 2: a procedure, action, or occasion only vaguely specified; also: an object or collection of objects only vaguely specified 3 also af·faire a: a romantic or passionate attachment typically of limited duration : liaison 2b b: a matter occasioning public anxiety, controversy, or scandal: case 3: Foreign Affairs: matters having to do with international relations and with the interests of the home country in foreign countries.
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