nationwide

English

Alternative forms

• nation-wide

Etymology

From nation +‎ -wide.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nā'shən-wīdʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌneɪ.ʃənˈwaɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Adjective

nationwide (not comparable)

1. Extending throughout an entire nation.

   Synonyms: (often synonymous) national, countrywide

   Antonyms: non-national, intranational, infranational

   Coordinate terms: municipal, townwide, citywide, districtwide; local, locoregional, regional; provincewide, provincial, statewide; interprovincial, interstate; unionwide; supranational, transnational, international; continental, transcontinental, intercontinental; worldwide, planetwide, global

   Near-synonym: (in federations) federal

   There was a nationwide search on for the bankrobbers.

   • 2022 December 14, Ben Jones, “Switzerland: a template for Northern Powerhouse Rail?”, in RAIL, number 972, page 29:

     To assist in this mind-bogglingly complex endeavour, Switzerland has developed sophisticated software tools that allow infrastructure managers (IMs), operators and local/national authorities to co-ordinate civil engineering projects with planned service enhancements, demand forecasts, pathing requirements, nationwide timetables, and asset utilisation up to 15 years ahead.

Translations

nationwide

• Albanian: mbarëkombëtar, gjithëkombëtar (sq)
• Azerbaijani: ümummilli, ümumxalq
• Belarusian: агульнанацыяна́льны (ahulʹnanacyjanálʹny), агульнанаро́дны (ahulʹnanaródny), усенаро́дны (usjenaródny)
• Bulgarian: общонароден (bg) (obštonaroden)
• Finnish: valtakunnallinen (fi), valtakunnanlaajuinen
• German: landesweit (de)
• Polish: ogólnonarodowy (pl)
• Romanian: la nivel național
• Russian: всенаро́дный (ru) (vsenaródnyj), общенаро́дный (ru) (obščenaródnyj), общенациона́льный (ru) (obščenacionálʹnyj)
• Swedish: landsomfattande (sv)
• Tajik: умумимиллӣ (umumimilli), умумихалқӣ (umumixalqi)
• Turkish: yurt çapında
• Ukrainian: загальнонаціона́льний (zahalʹnonacionálʹnyj), загальнонаро́дний (zahalʹnonaródnyj), всенаро́дний (vsenaródnyj)
• Uzbek: umummilliy (uz)
• Vietnamese: toàn quốc (vi), cả nước

Adverb

nationwide (not comparable)

1. Throughout a nation.

   Synonyms: (often synonymous) nationally, countrywide

   Antonyms: intranationally, infranationally

   Coordinate terms: municipally, townwide, citywide, districtwide; locally, locoregionally, regionally; provincewide, provincially, statewide; interprovincially, interstate; unionwide; supranationally, transnationally, internationally; continentally, transcontinentally, intercontinentally; worldwide, planetwide, globally

   Near-synonym: (in federations) federally

   • 1980, Simeon Booker, “Reagan Becomes U. S. President; His Top Blacks Had Key Roles”, in Jet, volume 59, number 10, pages 6–7:

     …Toote became the principal Black surrogate (highest “rank” in the Reagan campaign operation), booking Reagan for appearances before Black organizations and traveling nationwide in his behalf.

Translations

nationwide

• Bulgarian: общонародно (bg) (obštonarodno)
• Finnish: valtakunnanlaajuisesti
• German: landesweit (de)
• Vietnamese: toàn quốc (vi)