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noun
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a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
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the territory of a nation.
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the people of a district, state, or nation: The whole country backed the president in his decision.
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the land of one's birth or citizenship.
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EXPANDrural districts, including farmland, parkland, and other sparsely populated areas, as opposed to cities or towns: Many city dwellers like to spend their vacations in the country.
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any considerable territory demarcated by topographical conditions, by a distinctive population, etc.: mountainous country; the Amish country of Pennsylvania.
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a tract of land considered apart from any geographical or political limits; region; district.
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the public.
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COLLAPSELaw. the public at large, as represented by a jury.
adjective
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of, from, or characteristic of the country; rural: a winding country road.
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of, pertaining to, or associated with country music: That Nashville station plays country records all day long.
13.
rude; unpolished; rustic: country manners.
14.
of, from, or pertaining to a particular country.
15.
Obsolete. of one's own country.
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Country's
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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go to the country, British. to dissolve a Parliament that has cast a majority vote disagreeing with the prime minister and cabinet and to call for the election of a new House of Commons. Also, appeal to the country.
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put oneself upon the/one's country, Law. to present one's cause formally before a jury.
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