[General] world-wide, worldwide or world wide

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Richard Summers

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Can I use world-wide, worldwide or world wide or are they all correct usage ?
 

MikeNewYork

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Worldwide is the accepted adjective.
 

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Welcome to the forums, Richard.:-D

A number of dictionaries still list 'world-wide', [click here] so you'll see it spelt like that by a lot of people.

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