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coun⋅try⋅wide

[kuhn-tree-wahyd]
–adjective
extending across or throughout the whole country; nationwide: a countrywide reaction; a countrywide highway system.
Also, country-wide.


Origin:
1920–25; country + wide
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coun·try·wide   (kŭn'trē-wīd')   
adv.   & adj.
Throughout a whole country; nationwide: launched a fundraising campaign countrywide; a countrywide search.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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