Nationwide means reaching every part of a country. A nationwide search, nationwide coverage, sold nationwide.
It is the word advertisers reach for, since nationwide delivery sounds larger than delivery anywhere. It works as an adverb too, so a shop can be open nationwide without any change to the word.
1adjectivenationwideReaching every part of a country.
“The police launched a nationwide search for the missing girl.”
nationwide is a quality.
Middle English
nacioun
English
nation
English, today
nationwide
Built from
From nation + -wide. nation comes from Middle English nacioun. From Middle English nacioun,nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (“nation”). þēod.
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