worldwide English · revision 4557

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1632|origins=en world, en wide}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd/, US /ˈwɝːld.waɪd/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound, [[af|en|world|wide]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) also written world-wide.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ As wide as the world, extending over the whole world: 1632 in the OED and MWU,^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) the 1630s in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adverb, throughout the world, is from 1892.^(OED 1989) The ''World Wide Web'', the system of linked documents on the Internet, took its name from the word in the late 20th century.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1632 – adjective.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1892 – adverb.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Extending over or happening in the whole [[world]]; [[universal]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # Throughout the world.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[World Wide Web]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[world]]

+ * [[wide]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In British English the stress may shift to the first syllable before a noun, as in ''worldwide cover''.^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}