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US
/ˈkəntɹi/
]
[ UK /kˈʌntɹi/ ]
[ UK /kˈʌntɹi/ ]
NOUN
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a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
Bible country
it was a mountainous area -
an area outside of cities and towns
his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country -
the people who live in a nation or country
the news was announced to the nation
a statement that sums up the nation's mood
the whole country worshipped him -
a politically organized body of people under a single government
African nations
students who had come to the nation's capitol
an industrialized land
the country's largest manufacturer
the state has elected a new president -
the territory occupied by a nation
he returned to the land of his birth
he visited several European countries
How To Use country In A Sentence
- Laura Wade's Posh, timed to open as the Tories edged into power in May 2010, reminded us just what we were in for: overprivileged hooligans in drinking-society blazers who trash a pub as thoughtlessly as they will trash the country. Dominic Cooke: a life in theatre
- The mysterious jack snipe is a typical bird of the often water-logged northern taiga, birch and willow country.
- Our ambition is to build a prosperous, inclusive and outward-looking country. Times, Sunday Times
- Demos they may be but these Hazlewood rarities are rounded, rustic country songs: lustrous and lustful, quirkily and dryly humorous, yet poignant stories from the other side of love.
- The interiors are beautifully kept and the countryside is lush and fruitful. Times, Sunday Times
- There are a few formalities to be gone through before you enter a foreign country.
- They conquered the southern part of the country in a few months.
- It was her dream to have a little cottage in the country.
- There's a lot of ballyhoo involved in getting a taxi in this country.
- Country pursuits on offer include sheep-racing, woodcarving with chainsaws, small-bore rifle-shooting, wool-spinning, bee demonstrations, candle-making and ferret-racing.