Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Including or occurring in all parts of a city.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective including or occurring in all parts of a city.

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  • adjective Throughout a city.
  • adverb Throughout a city.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective occurring or extending throughout a city

Etymologies

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city +‎ -wide

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Examples

  • This year, the party organization didn't endorse candidates in citywide races, focusing instead on D.C. Council seats, which left an opening for an outsider.

    Smith's anti-abortion ads bring culture wars into D.C. delegate race Mike DeBonis 2010

  • Installing parking sensors in the 80,000 on-street spaces citywide is a much more daunting task than the 120 on Roosevelt Island.

    Sensing a Parking Spot Andrew Grossman 2010

  • According to city election regulations, a party only qualifies as "major" -- meaning it's entitled to hold primaries -- if one of its candidates for certain citywide offices earn 7,500 votes or more in the previous general election.

    D.C. Republicans in danger of becoming 'minor' party Mike DeBonis 2010

  • This year, the party organization didn't endorse candidates in citywide races, focusing instead on D.C. Council seats, which left an opening for outsider Smith.

    GOP delegate candidate to air graphic anti-abortion ads on D.C. stations Mike DeBonis 2010

  • RUDY GIULIANI, NEW YORK CITY: If I feel like sleeping in, I call a citywide snow emergency.

    CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2001 2001

  • Despite the fact that Asia and Europe seem gung-ho over the notion of citywide bike-sharing programs, the U.S. still lags behind.

    Material World: Electric Bike-Share Program Coming to the US Tracy Staedter 2007

  • Despite the fact that Asia and Europe seem gung-ho over the notion of citywide bike-sharing programs, the U.S. still lags behind.

    Material World: December 2007 Tracy Staedter 2007

  • We had 60 percent of all of our resources were at one particular incident, and we still were able to maintain the five-minute response time citywide, which is a real accomplishment for the communication professionals in New York City, the fire alarm dispatchers.

    CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2005 2005

  • Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters took to Oakland's streets as part of a day-long series of events, called a citywide strike, aimed at asserting the movement's strength and shutting down commerce.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • City officials haven't determined whether the money will come from the safety forces 'budgets or what's known as the citywide account, Giangardella said.

    dispatch.com: RSS John Futty 2010

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