world-wide

/'wə:ldwaid/

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A world-wide network connects people across continents.

Definition

Adjective:
- Extending across or involving the entire world: Having a scope, influence, or presence that reaches all or most parts of the globe.
- Universal in nature or applicability: Relevant or occurring everywhere, not limited to a specific region or locality.

Usage

As an attributive adjective (before a noun): Used to describe nouns by indicating their global scale.
- The company has a world-wide network of distributors.
- They launched a world-wide search for the new CEO.
As a predicative adjective (after a linking verb): Used to describe the subject's state or extent.
- The epidemic quickly became world-wide.
- His fame is truly world-wide.

Examples

Describing scope or reach:
- The internet allows for world-wide communication in an instant.
- The charity's world-wide efforts have helped millions.
Describing phenomena or events:
- Climate change is a world-wide concern.
- The concert was broadcast to a world-wide audience.

Advanced Usage

In formal and academic contexts: Often used to discuss systems, trends, or issues of global scale.
- The study examines the world-wide impact of economic policies.
- There is a world-wide consensus among scientists on this issue.

Variants and Related Words

Worldwide (adj): The more common closed form (single word) with identical meaning.
- The product enjoys worldwide popularity.
Global (adj): Very close synonym, often used interchangeably.
- a global pandemic
International (adj): More specifically implies involving multiple nations, but not necessarily every part of the world.
- an international agreement

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Related Phrases and Idioms

World-wide web: (Proper noun) The system of interlinked hypertext documents (the Web) accessible via the Internet. This is a specific compound term.
- She found the information on the world-wide web.
To achieve world-wide acclaim/fame: To become famous or recognized across the globe.
- The artist achieved world-wide acclaim after her exhibition.

A world-wide network connects people across continents.

Adjective

of worldwide scope or applicability
- an issue of cosmopolitan import
- the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time- Christopher Morley
- universal experience
spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- worldwide distribution
- a worldwide epidemic
involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
- global war
- global monetary policy
- neither national nor continental but planetary
- a world crisis
- of worldwide significance

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