{
    "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)."
}