countryside
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈkʌntrɪˌsaɪd/
:
campo
- My parents used to take me on long drives through the peaceful countryside every summer.
- open countryside
- walk through the countryside
- surrounding countryside
And I saw these children being taken to the countryside to learn about colonialism.
- And I saw these children being taken to the countryside to learn about colonialism.
- And instead there were there was some folk art from the countryside showing bygone beliefs.
- He was sent to the rural countryside near Burma, you know, in southwest China.
- And they don't have the capabilities to really go out into the countryside where the warlords are.
- Within this extensive countryside there's a network of small, intensive urban centres.
- Like we little did we know Woolwich is not the countryside at all.
Examples
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There he could breathe in the odors of the countryside and reflect upon his urban exile.
Fiction book (1992) -
Strangers took them in, fed them, showed them the countryside, and became close friends.
Fiction book (1991) -
Say you were to go into the countryside, you might take these with you.
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It's situated in our lovely English countryside.
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During an hour spent amid beautiful countryside, I saw only one bird of any species!
Academic text (1991) -
Another week or two, and the whole countryside would be a spectacular festival of color.
Fiction book (1990) -
Driving through the rolling Iowa countryside, he saw farmers working in nearby fields.
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It's in a well-off-the-grid area in the countryside, where you can have safety and privacy.
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He was especially fond of that countryside and of the things that it offered to his cooking.
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The carolers, however, took to the road, touring the countryside to sing at homesteads along the way.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
Land away from towns and cities where few people live
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2.0
An area outside towns with few people and open land used for farming
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9.3
A very remote area far from towns and cities
A rural area far from towns and cities with few people
In wild areas far from towns and roads
Antonyms
Idioms
How Rural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Countryside is simply country + side, where side means the 'side' or part of the country away from towns. So think of fields, farms and hills on the other side of the town, and you can see why it means the land and scenery 'outside towns and cities'.