statewide

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English

Alternative forms

• state-wide

Etymology

From state +‎ -wide.

Pronunciation

• enPR: stāt-wīdʹ, IPA^(key): /steɪtˈwaɪd/
• Rhymes: -aɪd

Adjective

statewide (not comparable)

1. Happening in or affecting an entire state (political subdivision of a federal union).
   • 1933, "Negro Education in Georgia", The Crisis, volume 40 (W. E. Burghardt Du Bois, ed.), page 180:

     School monies are derived from two general sources in Georgia—State taxes and local taxes. ¶ The State secures money for its school funds from two sources—a statewide general property tax, and a unit of measure tax on gasoline and kerosene.
2. Happening in or affecting an entire sovereign state; nationwide.

Synonyms

• (Extending throughout a subdivision of a federal union): cantonwide, provincewide
• (Extending throughout a sovereign state): countrywide, national, nationwide

Translations

Adverb

statewide (not comparable)

1. Throughout a state (political subdivision of a federal union).
2. Throughout a sovereign state; nationwide.

Synonyms

• (Throughout a subdivision of a federal union): provincewide
• (Throughout a sovereign state): countrywide, nationally, nationwide

Noun

statewide (plural statewides)

1. (US) An agency or association operating through a state (political subdivision).