What is the meaning of the world?

Answer 1

Scientific Response

There need not be a reason for existence, or for life, but one may be found. None has been stated to date that would satisfy all inquiry.

Religious Response

The meaning of the world is to be a home to its inhabitants. The purpose of humans, the reason we were created, is to serve God and God only.

Another view:

'Meaning' can only be found by putting the object into a wider context. For example,

a) a switch, by itself, is almost meaningless. For it to have real significance, you have to see what it switches; then its 'meaning' is clear.

b) the syllable 'ya', in Germany, would be taken to mean, 'Yes'; but, in Russia, people would infer 'I'.

- so, what context do you want to put the world into? And that's a bigger question than the one you asked. I'd be inclined to turn the question on its head. Given that the world exists, what meaning can you give to the things within it? Still a difficult one - but there might be answers there.