WORLDWIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does worldwide mean? 

• WORLDWIDE (adjective)
  The adjective WORLDWIDE has 3 senses:

1. spanning or extending throughout the entire world

2. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

3. of worldwide scope or applicability

  Familiarity information: WORLDWIDE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORLDWIDE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spanning or extending throughout the entire world

Synonyms:

world-wide; worldwide

Context example:

a worldwide epidemic

Similar:

intercontinental (extending or taking place between or among continents)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

Synonyms:

global; planetary; world; world-wide; worldwide

Context example:

of worldwide significance

Similar:

international (concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of worldwide scope or applicability

Synonyms:

cosmopolitan; ecumenical; general; oecumenical; universal; world-wide; worldwide

Context example:

universal experience

Similar:

comprehensive (including all or everything)

 Context examples 

Researchers worldwide are invited to take the CAMDA challenge.

(Critical Assessment of Microarray Data Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)

Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide.

(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)

Dead zones are a major water quality issue with an estimated total of more than 550 occurring annually worldwide.

(2015 Gulf of Mexico dead zone ‘above average’, NOAA)

In 2017, high levels of sodium consumption alone caused almost 3 million deaths worldwide.

(Poor Diet Kills More People Than Smoking, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This bacteria is the most common cause of ulcers worldwide.

(Helicobacter pylori, NCI Thesaurus)

Follicular lymphomas comprise about 35% of adult non-Hodgkin lymphomas in the U.S. and 22% worldwide.

(Follicular lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The cancer is now found in dog populations worldwide, and is the oldest and most prolific cancer lineage known in nature.

(The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas, University of Cambridge)

More than 35 million people worldwide are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

(The Structure and Dynamics of HIV Surface Spikes, NIH)

Distributed worldwide, crustaceans are distinguished by having two pairs of antenna-like appendages in front of the mouth and other paired appendages near the mouth that act like jaws.

(Crustacean, NCI Thesaurus)

These results can be extrapolated to predict the conditions in other ocean trenches worldwide.

(Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior, National Science Foundation)