NATIONWIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nationwide mean? 

• NATIONWIDE (adjective)
  The adjective NATIONWIDE has 1 sense:

1. occurring or extending throughout a country or nation

  Familiarity information: NATIONWIDE used as an adjective is very rare.

• NATIONWIDE (adverb)
  The adverb NATIONWIDE has 1 sense:

1. extending throughout an entire nation

  Familiarity information: NATIONWIDE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATIONWIDE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring or extending throughout a country or nation

Synonyms:

countrywide; nationwide

Context example:

a countrywide fund-raising campaign

Similar:

comprehensive (including all or everything)

• NATIONWIDE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extending throughout an entire nation

Synonyms:

across the country; across the nation; nationally; nationwide

Context example:

it was broadcast nationwide

 Context examples 

The program is being initiated nationwide.

(Continuing Umbrella of Research Experience for Underserved Minorities (CURE) Program, NCI Thesaurus)

About 5-9% of pregnant women nationwide develop high blood sugar levels even though they didn’t have diabetes before pregnancy.

(Breastfeeding may help prevent type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes, NIH)

A nationwide cancer information and education network sponsored by the NCI.

(Cancer Information Service, NCI Thesaurus)

The Office of Cancer Communications supports a nationwide network of offices known as the Cancer Information Service (CIS).

(Office of Cancer Information, Communication, and Education, NCI Thesaurus)

The Cure For Lymphoma Foundation (CFL) is a nationwide not-for-profit organization dedicated to funding research and providing support and education for Hodgkins disease and non-Hodgkins lymphoma patients and their families.

(Cure for Lymphoma Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)

The Cancer Patient Education Network is an NCI-sponsored organization of cancer patient education leaders from NCI-designated comprehensive and clinical centers nationwide.

(Cancer Patient Education Network, NCI Thesaurus)

A nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization, the largest private source of cancer research funds in the U.S. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the ACS has state divisions and more than 3,400 local offices.

(American Cancer Society, NCI Thesaurus)

More recent data from the ministry indicate 11,119 notifications of microcephaly nationwide since November last year, with 60% of them reported in the Northeast region.

(Brazil: Babies of mothers infected with Zika will be monitored for up to 3 years, Agência Brasil)

Since its inception in 1957, the NHIS has been a continuing nationwide sample survey in which data are collected through personal interviews with household members by U.S. Bureau of the Census interviewers.

(National Health Interview Survey, NCI Thesaurus)

This network, a cooperative agreement among the Children's Cancer Group, the Pediatric Oncology Group, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield System Association (BCBS) nationwide, will ensure that children of BCBS subscribers receive care at designated centers of cancer care excellence and may promote the enrollment of children in Cooperative Group clinical trials.

(Pediatric Cancer Care Network, NCI Thesaurus)