Adjacent Words

worldwide definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: spanning or extending throughout the entire world; "worldwide distribution"; "a worldwide epidemic" [syn: worldwide, world-wide]
2: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance" [syn: global, planetary, world, worldwide, world-wide]
3: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world- wide]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1632 extended throughout or involving the entire world II. adverb Date: 1892 throughout the world

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & adv. --adj. affecting, occurring in, or known in all parts of the world. --adv. throughout the world.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also world-wide Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. If something exists or happens worldwide, it exists or happens throughout the world. His books have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide... Worldwide, an enormous amount of research effort goes into military technology. ADV: ADV after v, n ADV, ADV with cl • Worldwide is also an adjective. Today, doctors are fearing a worldwide epidemic. ADJ: usu ADJ n