world-wide
See also: worldwide
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: world-wide
Adjective
world-wide (comparative more world-wide, superlative most world-wide)
- Alternative form 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)
- Alternative form of worldwide.