worldwide

adj
/ˈwɜːldˌwaɪd/UK/ˈwɝldˌwaɪd/US

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.

Definitions

  1. Spanning the world

    Spanning the world; global.

    • A large meteorite impact would cause worldwide extinction of life.
    • The issuance of the worldwide caution alert is a significant message amid protests that have erupted throughout the Middle East in response to the Israel-Hamas war, with many demonstrators targeting US diplomatic compounds.
  2. Throughout the world.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at worldwide. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at worldwide. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at worldwide

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA