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{ "term": "country", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "image": "data/images/co/countryside.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "an area of land that has or used to have its own government and laws", "sensetop": "in a countryacross the countryaround the countryfrom a country", "labels": "British EnglishNorth American English", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "European countries" }, { "text": "low-income countries" }, { "text": "It's good to meet people from different **parts of the country**." }, { "text": "She didn't know what life in a **foreign country** would be like.", "contextForm": "in a country" }, { "text": "It's the most popular music festival in the country." }, { "text": "House prices are rising across **the whole country**.", "contextForm": "across the country" }, { "text": "Demonstrations were held in cities around the country.", "contextForm": "around the country" }, { "text": "people from other countries", "contextForm": "from a country" }, { "text": "All goods must be clearly labelled with their country of origin." }, { "text": "He cannot be deported to his country of origin." }, { "text": "He loved his country deeply." }, { "text": "She plans to travel the country by motorcycle." }, { "text": "I'm proud to serve my country." }, { "text": "Many refugee servicemen gave their lives for their adopted country." }, { "text": "New schools are being built throughout the country." }, { "text": "OECD member countries" }, { "text": "Over 30 countries participated in the Games." }, { "text": "She represented her country at the Tokyo Olympics." }, { "text": "The country exports around 80% of its output." }, { "text": "The former president has been forced to flee the country." }, { "text": "The play has been enjoyed by audiences in this country and abroad for many years." }, { "text": "The refugees do jobs that workers in the host country refuse to do." }, { "text": "The two countries signed a basic treaty of cooperation." }, { "text": "There will be rain in many parts of the country tomorrow." }, { "text": "They are holding special events all over the country." }, { "text": "They drove across the country." }, { "text": "This is just one of 30 sites around the country." }, { "text": "We must remember those who died defending their country." }, { "text": "We operate in ten countries around the globe." }, { "text": "What must it be like, to grow old in a strange country?" }, { "text": "Years of civil war had ravaged the country." }, { "text": "a commander who saved his country from invasion" }, { "text": "countries bordering the Black Sea" }, { "text": "economically advanced countries" }, { "text": "new restrictions on goods entering the country" }, { "text": "people who live in this country" }, { "text": "students from overseas countries" }, { "text": "the country of his birth" }, { "text": "this great country of ours" }, { "text": "I like going to different countries and meeting new people." }, { "text": "Sugar is only produced in tropical countries." }, { "text": "We need to improve the standards of education in this country." } ], "topics": ["Geography"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["beautiful", "fascinating", "great"], "verb + country": ["govern", "rule", "run"], "country + verb": [ "border something", "produce something", "export something" ], "preposition": [ "across a/the country", "all over a/the country", "around a/the country" ], "phrases": [ "countries around the globe", "countries around the world", "country of (somebody’s) birth" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "any area outside towns and cities, with fields, woods, farms, etc.", "sensetop": "in the country", "labels": "(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(British English, informal)North American English, informal", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I live in the country.", "contextForm": "in the country" }, { "text": "We spent a pleasant day in the country." }, { "text": "The house is at the end of a narrow country lane." }, { "text": "The country air should do you good." }, { "text": "There have often been disagreements between town and country." }, { "text": "They drove along a remote country road." }, { "text": "a little country town" }, { "text": "a typical country cottage with roses around the door" }, { "text": "I don't really enjoy country life." }, { "text": "She lives in the country." } ], "collocations": { "country + noun": ["life", "air", "lane"], "preposition": ["across country", "in the country"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "an area of land, especially with particular physical features, suitable for a particular purpose or connected with a particular person or people", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The town is surrounded by miles and miles of open country." }, { "text": "Further south is more rural, predominantly farming country." }, { "text": "superb walking country" }, { "text": "Explore Thomas Hardy country." }, { "text": "Whole tracts of country, once fertile, have become arid." }, { "text": "a beautiful stretch of country" }, { "text": "We came to an area of wooded country." }, { "text": "They tramped across miles of open country." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["desert", "hill", "hilly"], "… of country": ["stretch", "tract"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the people of a country; the nation as a whole", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They have the support of most of the country." }, { "text": "The rich benefited from the reforms, not the country as a whole." }, { "text": "**The whole country** is depending on you." }, { "text": "Our country needs a leader like her." }, { "text": "He accused the government of leading the country to disaster." }, { "text": "The country is suffering from rising unemployment." }, { "text": "The country was ruled by a brutal dictatorship." }, { "text": "The issue of the single currency has divided the country." }, { "text": "the politicians who run the country" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a type of popular music in the style of the traditional music of the southern US, with singing and dance tunes played on violin, guitar and banjo", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "pop, folk and country" } ], "topics": ["Music"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "directly across fields, etc.; not by a main road", "examples": [ { "text": "riding across country" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to hold an election to choose a new parliament", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used as a reply when somebody suggests that you should not do something, or when somebody has asked permission or said they are going to do something", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "It's a free country; I'll say what I like!" }, { "text": "Wear what you like. It's a free country." }, { "text": "‘It's a free country!’ he shouted. ‘I can do what I like!’" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈkʌntri/", "audio": "co/country/country__gb_3.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈkʌntri/", "audio": "co/country/country__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French cuntree, from medieval Latin contrata (terra) ‘(land) lying opposite’, from Latin contra ‘against, opposite’." }