Extending over or affecting a large physical space or region; far-reaching, far-ranging, extensive. Formerly chiefly poetic.

Esp. of something unwelcome or unpleasant: flourishing or spreading unchecked; unrestrained, running wild; (of a belief, quality, etc.) having full…

Found or distributed across a wide area or among a large number of people; extensively diffused or disseminated.

figurative. Of the nature of cheverel-leather; stretching, flexible, pliable, yielding, elastic; esp. in phrase a cheverel conscience.

That is as wide as the world; (in modern use esp.) extending over or covering the whole world; known or occurring throughout the world; affecting…

Widely diffused; spread all abroad. Obsolete.

Extending over a wide area; extremely wide-ranging. Obsolete. rare.

Extending to, reaching, or affecting many people or places; extensive in effect; far-reaching. Cf. widespread, adj. 2.

figurative. Scattered widely abroad, widely disseminated.

(a) adj. extending throughout the country; relating to or serving the entire country; (b) adv. throughout the country; nationwide.

Of, relating to, or extending over an entire state (in various senses of state, n. III., esp. sense 29a).

Extending throughout a nation; affecting or reaching the whole of a nation.

extending over or affecting a whole planet (esp. the earth).