Main entry: oecumenical, cosmopolitan, ecumenical, world-wide, worldwide, universal, general
Definition: of worldwide scope or applicability
Usage: an issue of cosmopolitan import; the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time- Christopher Morley; universal experience
Main entry: world-wide, worldwide
Definition: spanning or extending throughout the entire world
Usage: worldwide distribution; a worldwide epidemic
Main entry: global, world, world-wide, worldwide, planetary
Definition: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
Usage: global war; global monetary policy; neither national nor continental but planetary; a world crisis; of worldwide significance