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Meaning of 'country' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Country [ a.]
- Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.
- Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.
- Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
2 . Country [ adv.]
- A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.
- Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
- The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.
- A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
- The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.
- The rock through which a vein runs.

Meaning of 'country' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . country [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the people who live in a nation or country
Example in sentence:
  • a statement that sums up the nation's mood;
  • the news was announced to the nation;
  • the whole country worshipped him
Meaning (2):
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
Example in sentence:
  • African nations;
  • an industrialized land;
  • students who had come to the nation's capitol;
  • the country's largest manufacturer;
  • the state has elected a new president
Meaning (3):
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
Example in sentence:
  • Bible country;
  • it was a mountainous area
Meaning (4):
- the territory occupied by a nation
Example in sentence:
  • he returned to the land of his birth;
  • he visited several European countries
Meaning (5):
- an area outside of cities and towns
Example in sentence:
  • his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country

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