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area-wide

area-wide

1 4.1
Affecting all parts of a town, city, or region
  • adjective
  • /ˈɛəriə waɪd/
translation icon : a nivel de área
  • The city implemented an area-wide initiative to improve public transportation services.

Examples

  • NOD-22 permits, along with several other general permits and numerous area-wide maintenance dredging permits, have greatly reduced the number of individual public notices issued for oil and gas activities.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Area-wide maintenance dredging permits, first authorized in 1987, allow maintenance of existing canals within a developed oil and gas field, with federal agency review only.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Be prepared for poor driving conditions area-wide.

    Blog text (8)
  • Ozone is most frequently measured at the urban or regional scale, which can be used to determine trends and design area-wide control strategies.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Another component of the area-wide project is the release of sterile codling moth males.

    Academic text (1995)
  • This information could be used by individual corn farmers or a consortium of pest managers involved in area-wide pest management.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Washington should focus more intensely on the region, adopting an area-wide approach that offers both carrots and sticks and sets discrete benchmarks for local governments.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Land- and satellite-based gravity measurements provide area-wide information on changes in the volume of water in storage but do not provide information on vertical changes in heads (water levels) in aquifer systems.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Area-wide management plans in which farmers cooperate to limit the hectares over which a single herbicide is applied can prevent the spread of a resistant species across a landscape (Dauer et al. 2009).

    Academic text (2012)
  • John D. Martin, 1969-1975, consolidated Bechill's successful work, particularly through the implementation of area-wide model projects that demonstrated the capacities of states to pool existing resources together with OAA funds to establish selected state and local service delivery systems.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

global
vsarea-wide
2.7

Relating to the whole world, not just one country

applies more generally to any complete area instead of the worldwide level
nationwide
vsarea-wide
265 3.0

Happening across the whole country

means covering any whole place, not only a whole nation
widespread
vsarea-wide
256 3.6

Happening in many places or among many people

is narrower, referring to covering an entire specific part of a place
large-scale
vsarea-wide
65 3.8

Very large and affecting many people or places

focuses specifically on covering an entire part of a place rather than general largeness
sweeping
vsarea-wide
26 4.8

Covering a large area or affecting many things

is more literal, meaning it affects a whole part of a place
across-the-board
vsarea-wide
15 4.4

Affecting everyone or everything in a group in the same way

is about covering an entire place rather than applying to all group members
all-encompassing
vsarea-wide
12 6.0

Including everything and everyone in a single plan

is specifically about affecting an entire part of a place, not total inclusiveness
system-wide
vsarea-wide
7 4.6

Affecting every part of a system, not just one part

is geographic, applying to an entire place rather than an organizational system
industry-wide
vsarea-wide
4 3.6

Affecting all companies in the same industry

is geographic, covering an entire place rather than one economic sector
company-wide
vsarea-wide
4 3.4

Affecting every part of a company

is broader geographically, applying to whole parts of a place not one company
district-wide
vsarea-wide
2 3.5

Happening in all parts of a district

covers any whole part of a place rather than one specific administrative zone
countywide
vsarea-wide
2 3.2

Happening in all parts of a county

is a general term for covering a whole place, not only a county
countrywide
vsarea-wide
2 3.5

Happening across the whole country

refers to covering any whole place rather than specifically a country
community-wide
vsarea-wide
1 3.3

Affecting all people in a community

applies more generally to any whole part of a place instead of just people
regionwide
vsarea-wide
1 3.9

Happening across a whole area

refers to covering any whole part of a place rather than a specific region
continent-wide
vsarea-wide
1 5.6

Affecting the whole continent, not just one country

is used for any whole area rather than specifically a continent
schoolwide
vsarea-wide
1 2.8

Happens across a whole school and involves students and staff

refers to covering an entire place rather than being limited to an institution
world-wide
vsarea-wide
1 2.3

Happening in many countries around the world

is about covering any whole area rather than the entire planet
planetwide
vsarea-wide
1 3.7

Affecting the whole planet

is focused on any complete part of a place, not necessarily the planet
storewide
vsarea-wide
2.9

Covering the whole store and all its items

is about covering a whole place generally rather than a single store

How Wide

global
2.7
national
2.0
area-wide
1 4.1
regional
521 3.5
local
1.0

Surface Forms

area-wide positive

Morphology

area-wide = area + wide (transparent) = area + wide

Meaning ('throughout an area') is directly and compositionally derived from 'area' + 'wide'.

Etymology

The word area-wide is made by joining area ('a region or space') and wide ('covering a lot'), so it means something that covers or affects the whole area.