adjective

countrywide

nationwide, countrywide

There was a countrywide power outage.

There was a countrywide power outage.

The new policy was implemented countrywide.

The new policy was implemented countrywide.

((countrywide)) + noun. A countrywide search was launched.

verb + ((countrywide)). The event was broadcast countrywide.

Synonyms: nationwide, national; Antonyms: local, regional

A compound of 'country' and 'wide', meaning extending across the whole extent of a country.

Picture a map of a country, and imagine something spreading to cover it 'wide'.

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