Environment / A2

URTH/ɜːθ/

Earth is the planet we live on: on earth, the earth goes round the sun. World is more about people and life; earth is the planet or the soil. On earth also adds emphasis: what on earth…? Earth in the garden is soil. Capital E is common for the planet in careful writing.

Meaning

The planet we live on.

Examples

• “The earth goes round the sun.”
• “No other planet is quite like Earth.”
• “What on earth are you doing at this hour?”

Good to know

on earth. Planet vs world (people). Also: earth = soil. Emphasis: what on earth…?

Near in meaning

world

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