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system-wide

system-wide

7 4.6
Affecting every part of a system, not just one part
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪstəm-waɪd/
: a nivel del sistema
  • The new policy will have system-wide implications for all departments and units in the organization.
  • system-wide effects
  • system-wide approach
  • system-wide programs

That's the gateway drug to people saying we need to have a system wide change with how technology and us relate.

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Examples

  • Most notable among these was a new information management system that was being introduced system-wide.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Even without real shocks, shifts in expectations can have large, system-wide effects (as in the NOx budget program market).

    Academic text (2004)

  • The changes are also system-wide and thus at a significant scale.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Future research should consider system-wide options for addressing this concern.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Funding for a number of system-wide support services also had to be secured before anything else could happen.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Note that such calculations take into account the system-wide effects that result from the projected infrastructure.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Level I, Prevention, is directed toward health promotion for all students through system-wide efforts.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Coordinated international and national efforts are required to achieve system-wide and sustainable improvement in procurement practices.

    Academic text (2016)

  • When a student fails to respond to system-wide interventions, small group or individual interventions are applied with greater intensity.

    Academic text (2011)

  • We must add creativity and innovation to the economic system to enhance competitiveness system-wide.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

across the board
vssystem-wide
110 3.7

In a way that affects everyone in a group with no one left out

focuses on affecting the whole system as a single unit rather than a subset
systemic
vssystem-wide
  • Specialized
70 6.5

Affecting the whole body or whole system rather than one part

is used more broadly for any whole system, not mainly for bodies
across-the-board
vssystem-wide
15 4.4

Affecting everyone or everything in a group in the same way

is about affecting the entire organized system rather than only a group
systemically
vssystem-wide
  • Formal
6 6.5

In a way that affects the whole system rather than just one part

is a descriptive label for whole system effects rather than the process

Antonyms

partial
203 3.4

Not complete and only in some parts

localized
  • US
4.8

Found only in one small area

How Wide

global
∞ 2.7
system-wide
7 4.6
company-wide
4 3.4
partial
203 3.4
local
  • Specialized
91 2.1

Surface Forms

system-wide positive

Morphology

system-wide = system + wide (transparent) = system + wide

A clear compound of 'system' + 'wide' where the meaning 'affecting the whole system' is directly derived from its parts.

Etymology

System-wide combines system, which meant 'a set of parts working together', and wide, which means 'covering a large area', so it describes something that affects the whole system, not just one part.