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system-wide

system-wide

7 4.6
Affecting every part of a system, not just one part
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪstəm-waɪd/
translation icon : 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

203 3.4

Not complete and only in some parts

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.