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worldwide

world·wide

UK/ˈwɜːldˌwaɪd/ US/ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd/ fairly common

adjective

1.

spanning or extending throughout the entire world

  • “worldwide distribution”
  • “a worldwide epidemic”
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”
3.

of worldwide scope or applicability

  • “an issue of cosmopolitan import”
  • “the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time” Christopher Morley
  • “universal experience”

Origin

From world + -wide.

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