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noun
The surrounding world; the world or sphere about one; the environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism
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History
From umb- (“around, about”) + world, a calque of German Umwelt (early 19th c.). Compare Dutch omwereld, Swedish omvärld, etc., also from the German.
