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citywide

citywide

18 2.8
Happening across the whole city
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪtiˌwaɪd/
translation icon : en toda la ciudad
  • The citywide festival attracted thousands of residents who enjoyed music and art throughout the streets.
  • citywide strike
  • citywide network
  • citywide program

I mean, this is being replicated in places like San Jose and Long Beach, CA Los Angeles now has the new LA Citywide cat program, which is going to do so much good.

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Examples

  • Health commissioner Edward O'Roark is declaring a citywide state of emergency for the first time in decades.

  • Police union representatives and OCP continue negotiations today in hopes of averting a citywide strike by police, scheduled to begin tomorrow at midnight.

  • Lane is now the subject of a citywide manhunt.

  • But the time frame for a safe and effective citywide evacuation expired on Monday anyway.

    Blog text (16)
  • We've won the citywide competition the last four years in a row.

  • One of the most comprehensive examples of a citywide effort to improve nutrition among all New Yorkers occurred in 2008.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The police say there is going to be a citywide manhunt for this vigilante tonight.

  • Susan Guess, a parent whose daughter was bullied, started a citywide campaign to address bullying.

    Blog text (34)
  • On a citywide basis, 24,227 crimes were reported; 9.7% of these crimes occurred in January.

    Academic text (2016)
  • - The Woodsboro police department has issued a citywide curfew... beginning at 9:00 tonight.

Synonyms

community-wide
vscitywide
1 3.3

Affecting all people in a community

applies across the whole city focusing on geographic coverage not group membership
intracity
vscitywide
1 5.4

Happening or operating inside one city

applies across the whole city and covers every area

How Widespread

nationwide
265 3.0
citywide
18 2.8

Surface Forms

citywide positive

Morphology

citywide = city + wide (transparent) = city + wide

The meaning 'throughout the whole city' is directly derived from the compound 'city' + 'wide' and is easily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Citywide combines city and wide. Wide here means 'across' or 'covering the whole area', just like in worldwide, so a citywide event happens 'throughout the whole city'.