world-wide

See also: worldwide

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: world-wide

Adjective

world-wide (comparative more world-wide, superlative most world-wide)

1. Alternative spelling of worldwide
   • 1958, Benjamin I. Schwartz, “Preface to the Third Printing”, in Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao‎^[1], Harper & Row, published 1967, →OCLC, page vii:

     Some eight years have elapsed since this book was written. During that time, the Chinese Communist Party has firmly established its power on the mainland of China, and world-wide interest in all aspects of Chinese Communism has grown immensely.

Adverb

world-wide (comparative more world-wide, superlative most world-wide)

1. Alternative spelling of worldwide