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# nationwide

«nationwide» in Mova's school dictionary: **happening or existing in every part of a country** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (nationwide); adverb (nationwide)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Nationwide means happening or existing in every part of a country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationwide/#m1)

2) As an adverb, nationwide means across the whole country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationwide/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In news and everyday life: a nationwide search, a nationwide strike, a nationwide competition, shops «nationwide». In civics lessons a nationwide vote or survey includes the whole country. Phrases: «nationwide campaign», «available nationwide», «a nationwide search».

### examples

- The school took part in a nationwide reading challenge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationwide/#x1)
- There was a nationwide celebration after the team won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationwide/#x2)
- The new toy is sold in shops nationwide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationwide/#x3)
- Police began a nationwide search for the missing painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationwide/#x4)
- A nationwide survey asked children about their screen time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationwide/#x5)
- The storm caused power cuts nationwide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationwide/#x6)

### note

One word. Works both as adjective («a nationwide event») and adverb («sold nationwide»). Similar: «countrywide», «national». «Worldwide» means across the whole world.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nationwide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationwide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.