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the world over

the world over adverb: all over the world; globally; throughout the world.

Adverb

the world over (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) All over the world; globally; throughout the world.
    • Thomas Edison is known the whole world over as the inventor of the light-bulb.

the world over meaning in Bengali

the world over in Bengali

সারা বিশ্বে, বিশ্বজুড়ে, পৃথিবী জুড়ে

Forms of the world over

alternative formthe whole world over

Questions about the world over

What does the world over mean?
The world over means all over the world; globally; throughout the world.
What is the world over in Bengali?
The world over in Bengali is সারা বিশ্বে, বিশ্বজুড়ে, পৃথিবী জুড়ে. See The world over meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is the world over?
The world over is an adverb.

Words near the world over in the dictionary

  1. the world and his wife
  2. the world is one's lobster
  3. the world is someone's oyster
  4. the world is too much with someone
  5. the world kept spinning
  6. the world over
  7. the world owes one a living
  8. the writing is on the wall
  9. the wrong side of
  10. the yellow peril
  11. the'e

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Adapted from Wiktionary: the world over (page history and authors); the world over (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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