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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
countrywide
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ By the summer of 1944, confident that his forces were strong, Giap proposed a countrywide rebellion.
▪ Corus is due to announce the outcome of a countrywide review of its business within days.
▪ Flower vans should be mobilised countrywide and staff given the bouquets just when the queues are at their thickest.
▪ Furthermore, it made the emergence of a countrywide nationalist movement possible.
▪ Historically, countrywide health improvements have begun with the public health system.
▪ Reflecting the countrywide trend, more Venetians are dying than are being born.
▪ The government agency withdrew facilities for 160 centres countrywide, because the beef they handled was deemed below the required level.
▪ The malaise had spread countrywide however.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
countrywide

countrywide \countrywide\ adj. extending throughout a country or nation as a whole; as, a countrywide fund-raising campaign.

Syn: nationwide.

Wiktionary
countrywide

a. Throughout a country; nationwide. adv. Throughout a country; nationwide.

WordNet
countrywide

adj. occurring or extending throughout a country or nation; "the event aroused nationwide interest"; "a countrywide fund-raising campaign" [syn: nationwide]

Wikipedia
Countrywide
For the former United States sub-prime mortgage loan company, see Countrywide Financial

Countrywide PLC is the United Kingdom's largest estate agency group. It employs 11,300 personnel nationwide, working across 1,500 estate agency or lettings offices operating under 47 local high street brands, supplemented by 650 mortgage consultants. Countrywide is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Usage examples of "countrywide".

But, to Scarlett, watching the bluecoats pour into the front hall, it was not a countrywide affair.