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other world

other world is the alternative form of otherworld.

Meaning of otherworld

Noun

otherworld (plural otherworlds)

  1. A world beyond death; an afterlife.
  2. A world other than the everyday world.
    • We do not want, of course, to return to all the crudities and barbarities of the past; but also we do not want to become attenuated and spiritualized out of all mundane sense and recognition, and to live in an otherworld Paradise void of application to earthly affairs.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 192
    1. A mythical abode of otherworldly beings.

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Forms of other world

pluralother worlds

Questions about other world

What is other world the alternative form of?
Other world is the alternative form of otherworld.

Words near other world in the dictionary

  1. other things being equal
  2. other times
  3. other virginity
  4. other woman
  5. other women
  6. other world
  7. other worlds
  8. other'n
  9. other-sex
  10. other-sexual
  11. other-space

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