countrywide
English
Alternative forms
- country-wide
Pronunciation
- enPR: kŭn'tri-wīdʹ, IPA(key): /ˌkʌn.tɹiˈwaɪd/
- Rhymes: -aɪd
- Hyphenation: coun‧try‧wide
Adverb
countrywide (not comparable)
- Throughout a country; nationwide.
- 1919 November 15, A. M. Graham, "The Memorial Building a Living Tribute", Arts & Decoration, volume XII, number 1, page 22:
- …America, with such vital power, with a people ambitious, wealthy, great and of a noble past, has a task before it, into which it will enter with a will, since the need is felt countrywide.
- 1988, John Maxwell Hamilton, Edgar Snow: A Biography, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 259:
- On such a day the streets of Peking and other cities could be peaceful, as if order had been restored countrywide.
- 2011, Peter Tomsen, The Wars of Afghanistan, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, pages 216–217:
- The operation lifted Mujahidin pride and morale countrywide.
- 1919 November 15, A. M. Graham, "The Memorial Building a Living Tribute", Arts & Decoration, volume XII, number 1, page 22:
Translations
Throughout a country
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