nationwide

Nationwide is an English adjective and adverb describing something that spans an entire nation. It denotes reach, coverage, or applicability across all regions of a country, as opposed to local or regional scope. The term is often used in business, media, logistics, politics, and public services to indicate national scope. While nationwide can function as a descriptive term, it is also used as a brand name for several large organizations.

In branding, Nationwide appears as a proper noun in several markets. In the United States, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company is a major insurer offering property and casualty insurance and financial services under the Nationwide brand. In the United Kingdom, Nationwide Building Society uses Nationwide as its trading name; it is one of the country’s largest savings and mortgage lenders. Other countries may have organizations that include Nationwide in their name.

Word formation notes: nationwide is typically written as one word in modern English; hyphenated forms such as “nation-wide” are less common today. The term contrasts with regional, local, or international, and with national, which relates to a nation in a more formal or political sense but does not inherently imply breadth of geographic coverage.