Meanings
comparative more world-wide · superlative most world-wide
- alternativeAlternative form of worldwide.
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.
1958, Benjamin I. Schwartz, “Preface to the Third Printing”, in Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao, Harper & Row, published 1967, →OCLC, page vii
comparative more world-wide · superlative most world-wide
- alternativeAlternative form of worldwide.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveinvolving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
adjectivespanning or extending throughout the entire world
adjectiveof worldwide scope or applicability
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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