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ITW

ITW is the initialism of in the world.

Meaning of in the world

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) An intensifier, often used after an interrogative word.
    • What in the world was that?
  2. Used for emphasis after a qualified noun.
    • the happiest girl in the world
  3. In this present age; here and now.
    • In the world you will have trouble, but I leave you my peace that where I am there you may also be.1998, Rich Mullins, “That Where I am There You...”
    1. Characteristic of wider society; worldly.
      • 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.2023 July 7 (last accessed), “Monasticism in 21st Century”, in The Holy Monastery of St Paisius

Forms of ITW

alternative formitw

Questions about ITW

What is ITW the initialism of?
ITW is the initialism of in the world.

Words near ITW in the dictionary

  1. Iturraldes
  2. Iturregui
  3. Iturup
  4. ITUs
  5. ITV
  6. ITW
  7. itwu
  8. ITX
  9. Itylos
  10. Itylus
  11. ITYM

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ITW (page history and authors); in the world (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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