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countywide

countywide adjective: occurring or extending throughout a county.

Adjective

countywide (not comparable)

  1. Occurring or extending throughout a county
    • To win a spot on the board, you have to run a countywide campaign--no small trick.1988 March 4, Ben Joravsky, “The Cousin Campaign”, in Chicago Reader
    • Even with only 14.1 percent of the votes countywide counted as of 11 p.m. Tuesday, 92.16 percent of the 1,160 votes cast in the community northwest of Tracy near the Alameda County line favored incorporation.2024 March 6, Dennis Wyatt, “Mountain House voters make it clear: SJ County getting 8th city”, in Manteca Bulletin, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2025

Adverb

countywide (not comparable)

  1. Throughout a county.

Origin of countywide

From county + -wide.

Questions about countywide

What does countywide mean?
Countywide means occurring or extending throughout a county.
What part of speech is countywide?
Countywide can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near countywide in the dictionary

  1. Countyan
  2. Countyans
  3. countyhood
  4. countyism
  5. countylike
  6. countywide
  7. coup
  8. Coup Belt
  9. coup d'arret
  10. coup d'etat
  11. coup d'etats

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