different between civic vs countrywide

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?vicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”). Doublet of civil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?v?k/
• Rhymes: -?v?k

Adjective

civic (comparative more civic, superlative most civic)

1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

2. Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.

Derived terms

• civic centre
• civics
• civic-minded

Related terms

• civil

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French civique, from Latin civicus.

Adjective

civic m or n (feminine singular civic?, masculine plural civici, feminine and neuter plural civice)

1. civic

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• country-wide

Etymology

country +? -wide

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?n'tri-w?d?, IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?i?wa?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d
• Hyphenation: coun?try?wide

Adjective

countrywide (not comparable)

1. Throughout a country; nationwide.

Adverb

countrywide (not comparable)

1. Throughout a country; nationwide.
   • 1919 November 15, A. M. Graham, "The Memorial Building a Living Tribute", Arts & Decoration, volume XII, number 1, page 22:

     …America, with such vital power, with a people ambitious, wealthy, great and of a noble past, has a task before it, into which it will enter with a will, since the need is felt countrywide.

   • 1988, John Maxwell Hamilton, Edgar Snow: A Biography, Indiana University Press, ?ISBN, page 259:

     On such a day the streets of Peking and other cities could be peaceful, as if order had been restored countrywide.

   • 2011, Peter Tomsen, The Wars of Afghanistan, PublicAffairs, ?ISBN, pages 216–217:

     The operation lifted Mujahidin pride and morale countrywide.

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