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world·wide  (wûrldwd)
adj.
Involving or extending throughout the entire world; universal: a worldwide epidemic.
adv.
Throughout the world: distributed worldwide.
worldwide
Adjective
applying or extending throughout the world
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Adj.1.worldwide - spanning or extending throughout the entire world; "worldwide distribution"; "a worldwide epidemic"
world-wide
intercontinental - extending or taking place between or among continents; "intercontinental exploration"; "intercontinental flights"
2.worldwide - 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"
global, world, world-wide, planetary
international - concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations; "international affairs"; "an international agreement"; "international waters"
3.worldwideworldwide - of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"
universal, ecumenical, oecumenical, cosmopolitan, world-wide, general
comprehensive - including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"
worldwide
adjective global, general, international, universal, ubiquitous, omnipresent, pandemic << OPPOSITE limited
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worldwide [ˈwəːldˈwaɪd] world adj, adv → weltweit


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I was sure that I had found at last the one true cosmopolite since Adam, and I listened to his worldwide discourse fearful lest I should discover in it the local note of the mere globe-trotter.
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All he knew was that he could not eat the flesh of this black man, and thus hereditary instinct, ages old, usurped the functions of his untaught mind and saved him from transgressing a worldwide law of whose very existence he was ignorant.
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