earth
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- noun
- /ɜrθ/
- The more fortunate of the earth are morally obligated to help those less fortunate.
- heaven and earth
- earth and its people
- live on earth
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Watch on YouTubeSo we don't know how on earth this has happened.
- So we don't know how on earth this has happened.
- Yeah, so let's get back down to earth ET phone home.
- And he says, what does earth mean to me?
- And so my sense of earth is very externally dependent.
- So I start thinking, why on earth would he go to Madison Square Garden?
- Everything on this earth is connected through this energy.
- And how on earth do you sort out which is supreme?
- But it will shape the rest of your time on earth.
- For real though, this is just heaven on earth.
- What's the meaning of our existence on this little earth?
Examples
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Jack, what on earth are you doing with my son?
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Why on earth did you say what you said in the papers?
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That is all you know on earth and all you need to know.
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Everything on this earth is connected through this energy.
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And there was absolutely nothing that I needed on this earth that I did not have.
Fiction book (1992) -
There is not enough water for the living, nor enough earth for the dead.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the end, everybody on earth is just roaming.
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Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion can one release one's sadness.
Academic text (1993) -
"If you live long enough," he said, "you find out there's nothing on earth that's good for you."
Fiction book (1994) -
In this earth, people share their joys and sorrows, shaping the world around them.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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6.9
A place beyond the life we can see and touch where gods and unseen beings live
Idioms
- Informal
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4.5
A way of saying someone will go very far to help or find something
- Informal
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6.1
A kind, honest, reliable person who helps others in their community
- Informal
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8.1
Disappear completely so no one knows what happened and no sign is left
- Informal
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9.5
Someone or something disappears completely so nobody knows where they are
Compounds
- Literature
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A plan to destroy useful things on purpose so an enemy cannot use them
- Specialized
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8.1
A soft, light powder made from fossil bits of tiny water plants used to kill insects and filter liquids
- Specialized
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7.9
A fine clay that soaks up oil and grease to clean surfaces or cloth
- Archaic
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9.9
A small outdoor toilet that uses earth to cover waste instead of flushing it
- Specialized
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7.2
A metal in the second column of the periodic table, like magnesium or calcium
- Literature
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9.5
A female being who people believe looks after the earth, plants, and crops
- UK
A valuable underground mushroom that chefs use to give food a strong, earthy taste
A plant from Europe with small edible tubers that people eat and use to add flavor
- Specialized
The time on Earth when a signal from space arrives, usually given in UTC
- Specialized
A metal like calcium or magnesium that makes substances that are not acidic
- Specialized
A plant that lives for several years with drooping clusters of pink flowers and broad leaves like a lion's paw
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word earth for the world of human affairs comes from the same idea of 'ground' or 'soil', so it is used to mean everyday, material life rather than the 'spiritual' world.