across-the-board adj : broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: {all-embracing}, {all-encompassing}, {all-inclusive}, {blanket(a)}, {broad}, {encompassing}, {panoptic}, {wide}]