country

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

countries

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

countrier

Superlative

countriest

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.

   • These days corporate Germany looks rather different. Volkswagen, the country’s leading carmaker, wants to be the world’s biggest by 2018.
   • It is a beautiful country of rolling hills, fertile valleys, and a thousand rivers and streams which keep the landscape green even in winter.
   • The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.

2. 2.An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.

   • Since this was rebel country, checkpoints were set up along the road.
   • Hikers love the wild country that lies northwest of this river confluence.
   • We walk along flat, open country, red dirt and spinifex grass, a few short trees[…].

3. 3.A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.

   • I grew up in the country with a 12-gauge shotgun.
   • She grew up in Chang-hua, a city in central Taiwan with a decidedly country flavor.
   • I was borne and brought up in the Countrie, and amidst husbandry[…].

4. 4.The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.

   • Social customs vary from country to country.
   • Greece is an old country.
   • What country are you from?

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.

   • Things around here are just a little more country than what he's used to.

2. 2.Originating in India rather than being imported from abroad.

   • We have seen that the Company manufactured silk stuffs at three of its Residencies, but from country-wound silk.
   • Country harness costs nearly as much, lasts half the time, and is in every respect inferior. It is understood that the only reason is that the Court desires to improve and encourage Indian manufactures.

3. 3.Of or connected to country music.

   • They're mainly a hard rock band, but their new album sounds kinda country to me.

Overall

Very common· #190

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• land
• nation
• state

Word family

• count