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worldwide

worldwide

200 2.1
Happening in many countries around the world
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɜrldˌwaɪd/
translation icon : mundial
  • Three years after it began, the worldwide campaign of the Moneyless Society was doing fairly well.
  • a worldwide network
  • a worldwide market
  • a worldwide trend

The scariest thing is this worldwide trend going far left.

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Examples

  • The worldwide population is approximately 7.8 billion.

  • There is a worldwide big increase in nuclear power.

  • This is a worldwide issue and this is not enough.

  • It's going to be game changing worldwide, Global Jack.

  • So these, these music stars were worldwide stars.

  • And now that it's going to be worldwide live television.

  • And in recent years, he has led the worldwide health programs of the Carter Center.

  • Infectious diseases today are the leading cause worldwide of death.

  • Under the pressure of a worldwide environmental movement, things change, but with painful slowness.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The worldwide population is approximately 7.8 billion.

Synonyms

global
vsworldwide
2.7

Relating to the whole world, not just one country

focuses more on existing or happening everywhere rather than relating
universal
vsworldwide
439 4.2

True in all places and for all people

is narrower, focusing on geographic presence rather than general truth
general
vsworldwide
144 4.5

Affecting people in many countries around the world

is specifically about being present or happening everywhere geographically
planetary
vsworldwide
31 4.7

Relating to the whole Earth and affecting all countries

talks about things that exist or happen everywhere among people
ecumenical
vsworldwide
  • Formal
3 8.3

That has influence across the world

is about geographic occurrence rather than intentional unity or influence
world-wide
vsworldwide
1 2.3

Happening in many countries around the world

is identical in meaning but written without a hyphen
planetwide
vsworldwide
4.2

Across the whole planet

is a general label for things that occur or exist everywhere
world
vsworldwide
3.2

Relating to the whole Earth or every country

emphasizes occurrence or existence everywhere rather than mere relation

Antonyms

1.0

Belonging to a particular area or community, not to a larger region

521 3.5

About a particular part of a country or area rather than the whole country

How Widespread

worldwide
200 2.1
international
2.1
national
2.0
regional
521 3.5
local
1.0

Surface Forms

worldwide positive

Morphology

worldwide = world + wide (transparent) = world + wide

A direct compound of 'world' + 'wide' whose meaning ('extending across the world') is directly derivable from its parts.

Etymology

Worldwide is simply world + wide, where world means the whole Earth and wide means 'covering a large area'. So, as an adjective, worldwide describes something that exists or happens 'everywhere in the world'.