'World-wide' definitions:
Definition of 'world-wide'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: global, planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide]
adjective
Spanning or extending throughout the entire world; "worldwide distribution"; "a worldwide epidemic" [syn: worldwide, world-wide]
adjective
Of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world- wide]
Definition of 'World-wide'
From: GCIDE
- World-wide \World"-wide`\, a. Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]