English dictionary
country
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the people who live in a nation or country
noun
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
noun
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
noun
- the territory occupied by a nation
noun
- an area outside of cities and towns
Example sentences
a statement that sums up the nation's mood
the news was announced to the nation
the whole country worshipped him
the state has elected a new president
African nations
students who had come to the nation's capitol
the country's largest manufacturer
an industrialized land
it was a mountainous area
Bible country
he returned to the land of his birth
he visited several European countries
his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country