country
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
country/ˈkʌntri/
▶noun (pl. countries)
- 1 a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
- 2 (often the country) districts outside large urban areas.
- 3 an area or region with regard to its physical features: a tract of wild country.
– phrases
across country not keeping to roads.
go to the country Brit. dissolve Parliament and hold a general election.
one's line of country Brit. a subject in which one is skilled or knowledgeable.
across country not keeping to roads.
go to the country Brit. dissolve Parliament and hold a general election.
one's line of country Brit. a subject in which one is skilled or knowledgeable.
– origin ME: from OFr. cuntree, from med. L. contrata (terra) ‘(land) lying opposite’, from L. contra ‘against, opposite’.
'country' also found in these Oxford entries:
abjure
- abroad
- accent
- agroterrorism
- air corridor
- airspace
- alien
- allemande
- alt.
- amaryllis
- ambassador
- ambassador-at-large
- anabasis
- angary
- Angolan
- Antiguan
- Arcadian
- area
- armed forces
- asylee
- asylum
- autocracy
- autopista
- backveld
- badminton
- balance
- banish
- barn dance
- bazaar
- Belizean
- Bel Paese
- Beninese
- betray
- biathlon
- black economy
- bluegrass
- BMX
- boat people
- bodega
- boondocks
- border
- boreen
- Bosnian
- Botswanan
- bourse
- bower
- box
- brain drain
- brink
- buffer state
