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worldwide

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːldˌwaɪd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd/
  • General-American: /ˈwɝldˌwaɪd/
  • General-American: /ˌwɝldˈwaɪd/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 L D W AY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Spanning the world; global.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A large meteorite impact would cause worldwide extinction of life.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Throughout the world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The character of James Bond is known worldwide.
  • English is spoken worldwide.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: around the world, globally, internationally

Antonyms: none provided

3

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, world-wide

Antonyms: none provided

4

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: world-wide

Antonyms: none provided

5

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), world-wide

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh1-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h2el- Proto-Indo-European *h2életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *h1weydhh1-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide From world + -wide.

Across languages

Translations

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَالَمِيّ الاِنْتِشَار (ʕālamiyy al-intišār) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Arabic: عَالَمِيّ (ʕālamiyy) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Belarusian: сусве́тны (susvjétny) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Belarusian: сусьве́тны (susʹvjétny) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Bulgarian: свето́вен (svetóven) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Catalan: mundial — spanning the world — see also global
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全球 (quánqiú) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Corsican: mondiale — spanning the world — see also global
  • Corsican: mundiale — spanning the world — see also global
  • Czech: světový — spanning the world — see also global
  • Czech: celosvětový — spanning the world — see also global
  • Danish: verdensomspændende — spanning the world — see also global
  • Danish: global — spanning the world — see also global
  • Dutch: wereldwijd — spanning the world — see also global
  • Dutch: wereldwijde — spanning the world — see also global
  • Esperanto: tutmonda — spanning the world — see also global
  • Estonian: ülemaailmne — spanning the world — see also global
  • Finnish: maailmanlaajuinen — spanning the world — see also global
  • French: mondial — spanning the world — see also global
  • French: planétaire — spanning the world — see also global
  • West-Frisian: wrâldwiid — spanning the world — see also global
  • West-Frisian: wrâldwiide — spanning the world — see also global
  • Galician: mundial — spanning the world — see also global
  • Georgian: მსოფლიო (msoplio) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Georgian: მსოფლიო მასშტაბის (msoplio masšṭabis) — spanning the world — see also global
  • German: weltweit — spanning the world — see also global
  • Greek: παγκόσμιος (pagkósmios) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Hungarian: világméretű — spanning the world — see also global
  • Hungarian: világszintű — spanning the world — see also global
  • Ido: mondala — spanning the world — see also global
  • Indonesian: sedunia — spanning the world — see also global
  • Irish: domhanda — spanning the world — see also global
  • Italian: mondiale — spanning the world — see also global
  • Japanese: 世界的な (sekaiteki na) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Korean: 세계적 (segyejeok) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Macedonian: светски (svetski) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Malay: sedunia — spanning the world — see also global
  • Malay: sejagat — spanning the world — see also global
  • Iranian Persian: جَهانی (jahâni) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Polish: światowy — spanning the world — see also global
  • Portuguese: mundial — spanning the world — see also global
  • Romanian: mondial — spanning the world — see also global
  • Russian: мирово́й (mirovój) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Russian: всеми́рный (vsemírnyj) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Russian: во всём ми́ре (vo vsjom míre) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Scots: warldwide — spanning the world — see also global
  • Serbo-Croatian: светски — spanning the world — see also global
  • Serbo-Croatian: свјетски — spanning the world — see also global
  • Serbo-Croatian: svetski — spanning the world — see also global
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjetski — spanning the world — see also global
  • Sicilian: munniali — spanning the world — see also global
  • Sicilian: mundiali — spanning the world — see also global
  • Slovak: svetový — spanning the world — see also global
  • Slovene: svetoven — spanning the world — see also global
  • Spanish: mundial — spanning the world — see also global
  • Tagalog: sandaigdigin — spanning the world — see also global
  • Tagalog: pandaigdig — spanning the world — see also global
  • Tajik: ҷаҳонӣ (jahoni) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Tamil: உலகளாவிய (ulakaḷāviya) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Telugu: ప్రపంచవ్యాప్తంగా (prapañcavyāptaṅgā) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Ukrainian: світови́й (svitovýj) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Ukrainian: всесві́тній (vsesvítnij) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Ukrainian: загальносвітови́й (zahalʹnosvitovýj) — spanning the world — see also global
  • Vietnamese: toàn thế giới — spanning the world — see also global
  • Vietnamese: toàn cục — spanning the world — see also global
  • Walloon: mondiål — spanning the world — see also global
  • Walloon: mondiåle — spanning the world — see also global
  • Walloon: daegnreçmint — spanning the world — see also global
  • Walloon: so tote li Tere — spanning the world — see also global
  • Walloon: dins l' monde etir — spanning the world — see also global
  • Welsh: byd-eang — spanning the world — see also global
  • Bulgarian: по целия свят (po celija svjat) — throughout the world
  • Catalan: mundialment — throughout the world
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全球 (quánqiú) — throughout the world
  • Corsican: in tuttu u mondu — throughout the world
  • Corsican: in tuttu u mundu — throughout the world
  • Corsican: mondialmente — throughout the world
  • Corsican: mundialmente — throughout the world
  • Czech: celosvětově — throughout the world
  • Danish: globalt — throughout the world
  • Dutch: wereldwijd — throughout the world
  • Dutch: over de hele wereld — throughout the world
  • Esperanto: mondvaste — throughout the world
  • Estonian: ülemaailmselt — throughout the world
  • Finnish: maailmanlaajuisesti — throughout the world
  • French: dans le monde entier — throughout the world
  • French: mondialement — throughout the world
  • West-Frisian: wrâldwiid — throughout the world
  • Georgian: მსოფლიო მასშტაბით (msoplio masšṭabit) — throughout the world
  • Georgian: მსოფლიოს გარშემო (msoplios garšemo) — throughout the world
  • German: weltweit — throughout the world
  • Greek: παγκοσμίως (pagkosmíos) — throughout the world
  • Hungarian: világszerte — throughout the world
  • Ido: mondale — throughout the world
  • Italian: in tutto il mondo — throughout the world
  • Italian: mondialmente — throughout the world
  • Japanese: 世界的に (sekaiteki ni) — throughout the world
  • Macedonian: ширум светот (širum svetot) — throughout the world
  • Malay: sedunia — throughout the world
  • Malay: sejagat — throughout the world
  • Polish: na całym świecie — throughout the world
  • Portuguese: mundialmente — throughout the world
  • Romanian: la nivel mondial — throughout the world
  • Romanian: pe plan mondial — throughout the world
  • Romanian: în toată lumea — throughout the world
  • Romanian: în lumea întreagă — throughout the world
  • Russian: по всему миру (po vsemu miru) — throughout the world
  • Scots: warldwide — throughout the world
  • Spanish: mundialmente — throughout the world
  • Tamil: உலகம் முழுவதும் (ulakam muḻuvatum) — throughout the world
  • Vietnamese: trên toàn thế giới — throughout the world
  • Vietnamese: toàn cục — throughout the world
  • Walloon: mondiålmint — throughout the world
  • Walloon: dins l' monde etir — throughout the world
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