If something exists or happens worldwide, it exists or happens throughout the world.
His books have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.
Worldwide, an enormous amount of research effort goes into military technology.
Worldwide is also an adjective.
Today, doctors are fearing a worldwide epidemic.
More Synonyms of worldwide
worldwide in British English
(ˈwɜːldˈwaɪd)
adjective
applying or extending throughout the world; universal
worldwide in American English
(ˈwɜrldˈwaɪd)
adjective
1.
extending throughout the world
adverb
2.
throughout the world
Examples of 'worldwide' in a sentence
worldwide
Six publishers rejected it but it sold tens of millions of copies worldwide.
The Sun (2016)
More than two million people worldwide.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
About 11 million cars worldwide were fitted with the deceptive software.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
FOUR million cars worldwide were recalled yesterday over a deadly safety defect.
The Sun (2016)
I understand there are a lot of people worldwide who care for him and his music.
The Sun (2016)
Last year turnover was 26 million and the company employs 180 people worldwide.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In just a few decades, hundreds of millions of people worldwide have been lifted out of poverty, hunger and disease by global trade and smartphones.
The Sun (2016)
But then most of the sports that people watch worldwide are much better managed than cycling.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They have sold more than two million records worldwide.
The Sun (2008)
The operatic repertoire worldwide has also expanded in the course of the past sixty years.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since1945 (2003)
The worldwide audience is expected to be in the tens of millions.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
About one case a year is reported worldwide.
The Sun (2011)
Bird flu which spreads to humans has so far killed hundreds of people worldwide.
The Sun (2015)
There are more than nine million millionaires worldwide.
The Sun (2009)
He is fired up for this game and wants to do well with a worldwide audience watching.
The Sun (2012)
The findings emerged when his team combined studies of a million workers worldwide.
The Sun (2016)
He denied a worldwide audience the chance to see him at his best.
The Sun (2009)
But is it viable to demand that a worldwide epidemic be solved by the power of individuals alone?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The publication of stories abroad means almost two billion people worldwide are now free to read who the couple are.
The Sun (2016)
The reason is precisely that the "multinational" is becoming a "transnational" and a symbol of worldwide economic interdependence.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGING IN TURBULENT TIMES (1980)
Winning bridge as played by almost all top players worldwide - also yes.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The firm now turns out 60million pies a year which sell worldwide.
The Sun (2013)
Fans worldwide will also get to see it at 1,500 more movie theatres.
The Sun (2014)
The carmaker will cut 10 per cent of its salaried staff as it attempts to combat the slump in worldwide sales.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But it shocked the sport in December when it announced it was pulling out due to the worldwide economic crisis hitting sales.
The Sun (2009)
ANOTHER day, another seismic shock in the worldwide economic earthquake.
The Sun (2008)
SOFT drinks makers should set sugar reduction targets to halt a worldwide obesity epidemic, a charity says.
The Sun (2015)
Our brilliant 2-for-1 entry deal on the worldwide box-office hit lasts only until today.
The Sun (2013)
With eight million worldwide album sales under his belt, Will could fund pretty much any overblown vice he fancies.
The Sun (2011)
THE amount of endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna traded worldwide last year was 141 per cent higher than the official limit.
The Sun (2011)
In other languages
worldwide
British English: worldwide ADVERB
If something exists or happens worldwide, it exists or happens throughout the world.
His books have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.
American English: worldwide
Brazilian Portuguese: no mundo inteiro
Chinese: 在全世界
European Spanish: por todo el mundo
French: dans le monde entierN
German: weltweit
Italian: in tutto il mondo
Japanese: 世界中に
Korean: 전 세계에
European Portuguese: no mundo inteiro
Latin American Spanish: por todo el mundo
All related terms of 'worldwide'
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a computer system which links documents and pictures into a database that is stored in computers in many different parts of the world and that people everywhere can use. The abbreviations → WWW and the Web are often used.
deaths worldwide
Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal.
worldwide income
A person's or organization's income is the money that they earn or receive, as opposed to the money that they have to spend or pay out.
worldwide phenomenon
A phenomenon is something that is observed to happen or exist.
worldwide reputation
To have a reputation for something means to be known or remembered for it.
swift
A swift event or process happens very quickly or without delay .
Chinese translation of 'worldwide'
worldwide
(ˈwəːldˈwaɪd)
adj
世界范(範)围(圍)的 (shìjiè fànwéi de)
adv
在全世界 (zài quán shìjiè)
(adjective)
Definition
applying or extending throughout the world
Doctors fear a worldwide epidemic of this disease.
Synonyms
global
a global vision of contemporary society
general
His firm took over general maintenance of the park last summer.
international
an international agreement against exporting arms to that country
universal
universal diseases
ubiquitous
She is the most ubiquitous media personality around.
omnipresent
pandemic
Opposites
national
,
local
,
limited
,
narrow
,
restricted
,
confined
,
provincial
,
parochial
,
insular
Additional synonyms
in the sense of general
His firm took over general maintenance of the park last summer.
Synonyms
overall,
complete,
total,
global,
comprehensive,
blanket,
inclusive,
all-embracing,
overarching
in the sense of international
Definition
of or involving two or more nations
an international agreement against exporting arms to that country
Synonyms
global,
world,
worldwide,
universal,
cosmopolitan,
planetary,
intercontinental
in the sense of ubiquitous
Definition
being or seeming to be everywhere at once
She is the most ubiquitous media personality around.
Synonyms
ever-present,
pervasive,
omnipresent,
all-over,
everywhere,
universal
Synonyms of 'worldwide'
worldwide
Explore 'worldwide' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of universal
Definition
of, relating to, or affecting the entire world or universe