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the rest of the world

fixed phr..
A2 Elementary Oxford

fixed phr.. all the other people or places on Earth that you are not currently talking about.

fixed phr.. a collective noun phrase referring to the entirety of the global population or geography excluding a specific mentioned entity or region.


SIMPLE

While we sleep, the rest of the world is awake.

CONTEXTUAL

The country decided to close its borders to the rest of the world during the crisis.

COMPLEX

The local conflict remained largely ignored by the rest of the world until international journalists arrived on the scene.

Usage

usually functions as the object of a preposition or the subject of a sentence.

Teaching tip

use this to practice the concept of exclusion; it functions as a single unit meaning 'everyone else' or 'everywhere else'.

Pitfall

rest of worldthe rest of the worldthis phrase requires two definite articles to be grammatically correct.

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