country
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈkʌntri/
:
país
- Under this Prime Minister, the country is worse off.
- developing countries
- other countries
- many countries
She taught me to care about our country and I still do.
- She taught me to care about our country and I still do.
- I do this so the country won't change me.
- If we're going to get this country back on track.
- So we have a system in this country of curators.
- That's the patriotism that this country needs right there.
- Wasn't there one other country with that global tax thing?
- I'm thankful for my team, my family, my country, and all of you.
- He's dead now, long dead and he come to this country, never met.
- We're going to celebrate the symbols of our country like eagles.
- It's not just me, the country, the USA.
- It was very much needed for our country to see that.
- I think these all are countries without Arabs.
Examples
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After years of conflict, the country established a democratic government.
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That's the patriotism that this country needs right there.
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I think, look, we're a young country, you know?
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I mean what, why is our country in this place?
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It's a fine country we're living in.
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Polls showed that most of the country thought the surge was a bad idea.
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The history of modern Egypt provides no indication that the country will master these challenges.
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It was very much needed for our country to see that.
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She taught me to care about our country and I still do.
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Imagine if all of the places of our country's past were removed, erased, forgotten.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A country or region that has its own government
∞
1.7
A large group of people in one country who share a common history and culture
Idioms
Compounds
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1.4
A style of popular music from the southern United States with simple tunes and storytelling lyrics often played on guitar
45
3.0
A country with low income and few factories that is trying to make life better for its people
- Slur
11
4.7
A country with low income and few services like hospitals or clean water
- Archaic
7
3.2
Music from the southern United States often played on guitar or fiddle with simple tunes
- Offensive
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8.6
Rural, less populated areas that people often ignore when they travel between big cities
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3.3
A traditional group dance where couples face each other in lines and do the same steps to folk music
- Literature
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4.4
A monthly magazine about country homes, gardening, cooking, and life in the countryside
A traditional folk dance where couples stand in sets or lines and do the same steps to music
A sport where riders guide horses over natural ground and solid obstacles to test riding skill and endurance
Going on a horse across fields and rough land while jumping natural obstacles
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Country comes from an old French word and the Latin root contra, which means 'opposite' or 'across' and you can see this idea in the English word counter. So country came to mean the land and people together — a whole nation with its own government.