Definition of "worldwide" []

• Involving or extending throughout the entire world; universal: a worldwide epidemic. (adjective)
• Throughout the world: distributed worldwide. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It seems premature to say for sure whether the story is overblown, but 257 confirmed cases worldwide (again: * worldwide*) seems an absurd number to cause such media hype."
• "Long-term, Qualcomm has three options: they can stop using the term worldwide, they can keep using it, while taking steps to avoid Germany and any other country where Smartbook AG can successfully pursue legal action, or they can come to an accommodation with Smartbook AG, by buying or licensing the trademark."
• "As a new MW, Campo joins an elite group of less than 276 others who have earned the title worldwide since 1953."