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# country

«country» in Mova's school dictionary: **A land with its own government, borders and people:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (country, countries); adjective (country — of the countryside)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A land with its own government, borders and people: "Canada is a big country." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#m1)

2) "The country" means the countryside — areas with farms and fields, outside towns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#m2)

3) The people of a nation: "The whole country watched." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#m3)

4) Country music, a kind of music from the southern USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography: countries have capitals, flags and borders; the UK has four countries (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland); the USA has 50 states; Australia has states and territories. In everyday life: life in the country versus the city. Phrases: in the country, home country, country music, across the country, countryside.

### examples

- Canada is the second-biggest country in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x1)
- Ireland is a country in Europe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x2)
- We live in the country, near a farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x3)
- Which country were you born in? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x4)
- Each country has its own flag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x5)
- The whole country cheered for the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x6)
- New Zealand is a country of two main islands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x7)
- Grandpa likes country music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x8)

### note

Plural "countries" (y → ies). A continent is bigger than a country: Australia is both a country and a continent. Don't confuse "country" with "county" (a part of a country, like counties in Ireland or England).

### In the corpora

- [In a democracy the grown-ups choose who runs the country and the town.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/0/)
- [Immigration means people moving to live in another country; countries have rules about it, and people disagree about those rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/18/)
- [A protest is people gathering to show they strongly agree or disagree with something; in free countries peaceful protest is a right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/13/)
- [A free country gives people many freedoms, like speaking and voting, but freedom still has limits set by law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/20/)
- [Wars can end: peace treaties have been signed, and countries that once fought each other are friends now.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «country» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.