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country
[ kuhn-tree ]
noun
- a state or nation:
European countries have you visited?
- the territory of a nation:
The country is about 150 miles long.
- the people of a district, state, or nation:
The whole country backed the president in his decision.
- the land of one's birth or citizenship:
Do I need to return to my country to apply for a student visa?
- the country, rural districts, including farmland, parkland, and other sparsely populated areas, as opposed to cities or towns:
Many city dwellers like to spend their vacations in the country.
- any considerable territory demarcated by topographical conditions, by a distinctive population, etc.:
The mountainous country around here is beautiful.
The book takes place in the Amish country of Pennsylvania.
- land considered apart from any geographical or political limits:
This urban population is packed into a relatively small patch of country.
- Law. the public at large, as represented by a jury.
adjective
- of, from, or characteristic of the country; rural:
They lived on a winding country road.
- of, relating to, or associated with country music:
That Nashville station plays country records all day long.
- rude; unpolished; rustic:
He was scorned for his country manners.
- of, from, or relating to a particular nation or area; national:
Each team will display their country flag during the opening ceremony.
- Obsolete. of one's own country.
country
/ ˈʌԳٰɪ /
noun
- a territory distinguished by its people, culture, language, geography, etc
- an area of land distinguished by its political autonomy; state
- the people of a territory or state
the whole country rebelled
- an area associated with a particular person
Burns country
- pastoralrural
- the part of the land that is away from cities or industrial areas; rural districts
- ( as modifier )
country cottage
- ( in combination )
a countryman
- short for country music
- archaic.a particular locality or district
- up countryaway from the coast or the capital
- one's native land or nation of citizenship
- the country informal.the outlying area or area furthest from the finish of a sports ground or racecourse
- modifier rough; uncouth; rustic
country manners
- across countrynot keeping to roads, etc
- go to the country or appeal to the countryto dissolve Parliament and hold an election
- unknown countryan unfamiliar topic, place, matter, etc
Other Word Forms
- ·ٱ·dzܲ·ٰ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of country1
Idioms and Phrases
- go to the country, British. to dissolve a Parliament and call for an election after members have cast a majority vote expressing a lack of confidence in the prime minister and cabinet. Also appeal to the country. vote of no confidence ( def ).
- put oneself upon the / one's country, Law. to present one's cause formally before a jury.
Example Sentences
has always slowed this country’s march toward a more perfect union hasn’t been freedom of the press, but an unwillingness to believe truth.
That included a 10% across-the-board tariff on imports from every country, and even higher rates for dozens of countries, until they were temporarily suspended in early April.
Can you tell me about the court case in Ecuador, which was a challenge based on the constitutional rights guaranteed in the country's 2008 Constitution?
“I’m thinking about reckoning, trying to untangle the roots of racism and systemic factors in this country that are so embedded and baked in our society.”
The deal was signed by the two countries' foreign ministers in Washington, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also present at Friday's ceremony.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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