{
    "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’."
}