planetwide

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adjective

Throughout a planet; covering a whole planet.

OriginEnglish wide ← Old English wīd ← Proto-Germanic *wīdaz →
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Meanings

adjectiveplanetwide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThroughout a planet; covering a whole planet.

    He saw in his imagination all the planetwide city surrounding, and the five other worlds of the solar system[.]

    1964 June 28, Gordon R. Dickson, Galaxy, page 68, column 1
adverbplanetwide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThroughout a planet.

Origin

  1. Englishplanet
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  7. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  8. Old Englishwīd
  9. Englishwide
  10. Englishplanetwide

From planet + -wide.

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APA

planetwide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planetwide

MLA

“planetwide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planetwide. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “planetwide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planetwide.

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