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world-wide

adj · adv · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Alternative form of worldwide.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adv

Meaning 2

Alternative form of worldwide.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 3

of worldwide scope or applicability- Christopher Morley

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 4

spanning or extending throughout the entire world

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • worldwide distribution
  • a worldwide epidemic

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: worldwide

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 5

involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • global war
  • global monetary policy
  • neither national nor continental but planetary
  • a world crisis
  • of worldwide significance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: global, planetary, world(a), worldwide

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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