Difference between worldwide and world

Definitions

adjective

1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
2. spanning or extending throughout the entire world
3. of worldwide scope or applicability

Examples

Noel and Melva travel a great deal, allowing them to check out the marketplace, look at eating habits worldwide and find suitable equipment for the bakehouse.

One Mercedes engineer estimated that, worldwide, up to 50,000 vehicles may have to be repaired, which is a blow for a company which prides itself on reliability and quality.

The report said mobile phone networks worldwide were likely to have 1.6 billion subscribers by the end of this year.

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Definitions

adjective

1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

noun

1. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
2. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
3. a part of the earth that can be considered separately
4. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
5. people in general considered as a whole

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Examples

WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.

You may be trying to invoke the ‘echos from the supernal world’ but they're everywhere and where-ever people say they're doing magic there's a bit of truth there.

We learn a little more about how interconnected the world is.

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