English Reference

Idiom

mean the world to

Meaning

To be loved or cared about a great deal by.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“My dog means the world to me.”

“She keeps that old photograph in her wallet because it means the world to her.”

“The quiet encouragement he received from his mentor during those difficult years meant the world to him, shaping the person he eventually became.”

Examples

simple

“My dog means the world to me.”

contextual

“She keeps that old photograph in her wallet because it means the world to her.”

complex

“The quiet encouragement he received from his mentor during those difficult years meant the world to him, shaping the person he eventually became.”

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