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Worldwide   /wˈərldwˈaɪd/   Listen
Worldwide

adjective
1.
Spanning or extending throughout the entire world.  Synonym: world-wide.  "A worldwide epidemic"
2.
Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope.  Synonyms: global, planetary, world, world-wide.  "Global monetary policy" , "Neither national nor continental but planetary" , "A world crisis" , "Of worldwide significance"
3.
Of worldwide scope or applicability.  Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide.  "The shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time" , "Universal experience"





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... for Russian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation of opium poppy for domestic consumption; Tajikistan seizes roughly 80% of all drugs captured in Central Asia and stands third worldwide in seizures of opiates ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States
... is at the opposite pole from the theory of Dr. Munro. He says that, "in applying these local designs" (the worldwide archaic patterns,) to unworked splinters of sandstone and pieces of water- worn shale and slate, "the manufacturers had evidently not sufficient archaeological knowledge to realise the significance of the fact that they were doing what prehistoric man, in this ...
— The Clyde Mystery - a Study in Forgeries and Folklore • Andrew Lang
... Assembly has undertaken a work of worldwide political importance which, if it succeeds, is destined profoundly to modify present political conditions. This year great progress in this direction has been made in our work. If we succeed, the League of Nations will have rendered ...
— The Geneva Protocol • David Hunter Miller
... Bearse!' gasps the old gent. 'Why, you rascal! I saw you kick the goal that beat Haleton. Your reputation is worldwide.' ...
— The Depot Master • Joseph C. Lincoln
... "That is a worldwide complaint. But anyone with imagination can always pretend. You are not ...
— The Knave of Diamonds • Ethel May Dell


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