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{
"term": "county",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "one of a number of areas that some countries are divided into, each with its own local government",
"sensetop": "in the countythroughout the countyacross the countyaround the county",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "rural counties west of the Mississippi"
},
{
"text": "Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties"
},
{
"text": "the southern/northern counties"
},
{
"text": "Orange County"
},
{
"text": "Originally, county boundaries often followed the course of a river."
},
{
"text": "the most dangerous stretch of road in the county",
"contextForm": "in the county"
},
{
"text": "Most towns and villages throughout the county have experienced a population increase.",
"contextForm": "throughout the county"
},
{
"text": "Children from schools across the county will be taking part.",
"contextForm": "across the county"
},
{
"text": "Public meetings are being planned at various locations around the county.",
"contextForm": "around the county"
},
{
"text": "Fairfax County Department of Family Services"
},
{
"text": "He returned to his home county in North Carolina."
},
{
"text": "He was elected MP for his native county of Merioneth."
},
{
"text": "London and its surrounding counties"
},
{
"text": "She represents the county in Parliament."
},
{
"text": "The river forms the county boundary."
},
{
"text": "people who live in this county"
},
{
"text": "the Welsh border counties"
},
{
"text": "the historic county of Westmorland"
},
{
"text": "the town of Sierra Blanca, the county seat of Hudspeth County, Texas"
},
{
"text": "The US state of California is divided into 58 counties."
},
{
"text": "The pit closures had the greatest effect in the northern counties of England."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["border", "coastal", "metropolitan"],
"verb + county": ["represent"],
"county + noun": ["boundary", "line", "resident"],
"preposition": ["in a/the county"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊnti/",
"audio": "co/county/county__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊnti/",
"audio": "co/county/county__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French conte, from Latin comitatus, from comes, comit- ‘companion, overseer, attendant’ (in late Latin ‘person holding a state office’), from com- ‘together with’ + it- ‘gone’ (from the verb ire ‘go’). The word seems first to have denoted a periodical meeting held to transact business in the area (the shire)."
}