Meaning : Spanning or extending throughout the entire world.
Example :
Worldwide distribution.
A worldwide epidemic.
Synonyms : world-wide
Meaning : Involving the entire earth. Not limited or provincial in scope.
Example :
Global war.
Global monetary policy.
Neither national nor continental but planetary.
A world crisis.
Of worldwide significance.
Synonyms : global, planetary, world, world-wide
Meaning : Of worldwide scope or applicability.
Example :
An issue of cosmopolitan import.
The shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time.
Universal experience.
Synonyms : cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide