What does nationwide mean?
Word: Nationwide
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Nationwide means happening or reaching across a whole country, not just one town or region. It can also be used as an adverb: the film opened nationwide.
Synonyms: countrywide
How do you spell nationwide?
Syllables: na - tion - wide
Tricky part: The middle sound 'shun' is written tion, as in station and motion, not shun or sion. Children who spell by ear often write nashionwide.
Watch out for: nashionwide, natonwide, naitionwide
Memory tip: Picture a railway station with trains leaving for every corner of the country: the 'shun' you hear is the same tion you write in station.
Nationwide in a sentence
Example 1: The new mobile network promises nationwide coverage by the end of the year.
Example 2: Schools held a nationwide tree-planting drive on World Environment Day.
Example 3: The film was released nationwide on Friday, so Arjun's cousins in Pune saw it the same evening as he did in Kochi.
Fun Fact
Every 15 August, Independence Day is celebrated nationwide, while the Prime Minister raises the flag at the Red Fort in Delhi and speaks to the country.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
nationwhide
a) h
b) d
c) a
d) w
Show answer
a) h. The word ends in the same four letters as wide; only words like white and while carry an h after the w.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
News of the dawtinonei reading campaign reached even the smallest villages in the hills.
a) notional
b) national
c) nationwide
d) rational
Show answer
c) nationwide. None of national, notional or rational has a w or a d, and the jumble has both.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word nationwide as used in the sentence:
The cricket board ran a nationwide hunt for fast bowlers under sixteen.
a) widespread
b) general
c) local
d) extensive
Show answer
c) local. A nationwide hunt covers the whole country; a local one stays in a single area.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. populaton 2. teritory 3. comunity 4. nationwide
a) all the people who live in a particular place
b) an area of land that belongs to a country or ruler
c) a group of people living in the same area
d) spread through every part of a country
Show answer
d) spread through every part of a country. Territory needs a double r, population an i before the on, and community two m's, so nationwide is the only correct spelling.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A nationwide holiday would be enjoyed by ____.
a) people in every state
b) only children at school
c) only people in the capital
d) people in a single district
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a) people in every state
2. Which news headline describes something nationwide?
a) Village pond cleaned by school students
b) Small Kerala town hosts a boat race
c) Pune library extends its opening hours
d) Book week marked from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
Show answer
d) Book week marked from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
