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1) N-COUNT A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
Indonesia is the fifth most populous country in the world.
...that disputed boundary between the two countries...
Young people do move around the country quite a bit these days.
2) N-SING: usu the N The people who live in a particular country can be referred to as the country.
The country had confounded the pundits by electing a fourth-term Tory government...
Seventy per cent of this country is opposed to blood sports.
3) N-SING: the N The country consists of places such as farms, open fields, and villages which are away from towns and cities.
...a healthy life in the country...
She was cycling along a country road near Compiegne...
I was a simple country boy from Norfolk.
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N-UNCOUNT: supp N A particular kind of
country is an area of land which has particular characteristics or is connected with a particular well-known person.
Varese Ligure is a small town in mountainous country east of Genoa.
...some of the best walking country in the Sierras...
The Japanese visitors set off in search of Brontë country.
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N-UNCOUNT: usu N
n Country music is popular music from the southern United States.
For a long time I just wanted to play country music.
...a famous country singer named Katie Cocker.
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6) PHRASE: v PHR If you travel across country, you travel through country areas, avoiding major roads and towns.
From here we walked across country to Covington.
7) PHRASE: v PHR If you travel across country, you travel a long distance, from one part of a country to another.
We've just moved all the way across country to begin a new life.
8) PHRASE: V inflects If a head of government or a government goes to the country, they hold a general election. [BRIT]
The Prime Minister does not have to go to the country for another year.
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