country
- Top 1000
Sense 1
- noun
- A2
A large area of land that has its own government, its own people and its own borders.
How many countries have you visited in your whole life?
This country has two official languages and a long coastline.
She moved to another country to study medicine at a university.
Common collocations: a foreign country · my home country · across the country · leave the country · a developing country
Part of: Countries and nationalities, Public offices, Landscape
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B1
The land away from towns and cities, where there are fields, farms and only a few houses.
We spend most weekends in the country with my grandparents.
Life in the country is quieter, but buses come less often.
They sold the flat and bought an old cottage in the country.
Common collocations: in the country · a country road · country life · a country house
Part of: Landscape, Holidays, Buildings and places
Forms
- plural
- countries