industrywide

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adjective

Extending throughout a particular industry.

“an industrywide crisis”

OriginEnglish wide ← Old English wīd ← Proto-Germanic *wīdaz →
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Meanings

adjectiveindustrywide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableExtending throughout a particular industry.

    an industrywide crisis

    1 more example

    For digital transformation, Murphy says she'd like to see the adoption of industrywide standards and expectations for data capture and sharing.

    2022 November 30, Cara Murphy, “A new mindset for GBR”, in RAIL, number 971, page 45
adverbindustrywide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableExtending throughout a particular industry.

Origin

  1. Englishindustry
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  7. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  8. Old Englishwīd
  9. Englishwide
  10. Englishindustrywide

From industry + -wide.

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APA

industrywide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrywide

MLA

“industrywide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrywide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “industrywide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrywide.

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