world-wide meaning and definition

WORLD-WIDE adjective

Definition of world-wide (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: global, planetary, world, worldwide
2. spanning or extending throughout the entire world
   • "worldwide distribution"; "a worldwide epidemic"
   • synonyms: worldwide
3. of worldwide scope or applicability
   • "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"
   • synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, worldwide