adj Affecting or covering an entire state (a political subdivision such as a US state).
- A statewide vote will decide whether the new bridge gets built.
- Teachers across the state joined a statewide meeting about school funding.
- The governor announced a statewide curfew.
- Fewer Saxon and Bavarian cities attempted to implement mandatory stunning laws, but their state parliaments debated the possibility of creating statewide bans on kosher butchering.
— Robin Judd, Contested Rituals (2007)
- Along with the rise of modern states came the establishment of statewide official currencies with the aim of protecting the corresponding markets and increasing trade within state territories.
— Josep M. Colomer, Great Empires (2007)
adv Throughout an entire state.
- The radio station broadcasts statewide, so everyone can hear the weather alerts.
- Stores statewide are holding a big sale this weekend.
- The state of Jalisco hired a single pharmacy company to provide all such medicines statewide.
— Marc J. Roberts, Michael R. Reich (2011)
- The new law applies statewide starting next month.
