Meanings
alternative town-wide
- not comparableExtending throughout a town.
Their desire to serve beer and wine led to an unintended townwide beer ban.
2007 June 19, Michelle York, “Unwanted Result of Ballot Confusion: A Beerless Town”, in New York Times
alternative town-wide
- not comparableThroughout a town.
The Town appointed a Parking Study Committee to address complaints townwide.
2007, Patricia Joan O. Horsey, Carrie E. Schreiber, Chronological History of Chestertown, Maryland: 1900-1993, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 982 more examples
The two boys became inseparable so early on that they were known townwide as “the Twins.”
1994, Ethan Mordden, How Long Has This Been Going On?, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 158In 2008, Brookline police gave 119 citations townwide for parking more than 12 in. from the curb, indicating at least a modest level of enforcement.
2010, Peter G. Furth et al., “Parking Lane Width and Bicycle Operating Space”, in Transportation Research Record, volume 2190, page 46
Origin
- Englishtown
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
- Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
- Old Englishwīd
- Englishwide
- Englishtownwide
Cite this entry
townwide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/townwide
“townwide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/townwide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “townwide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/townwide.
Source: townwide on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.