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7 PHRASE If you travel across country , you travel a long distance, from one part of a country to another. □  We've just moved all the way across country to begin a new life.

8 PHRASE If a head of government or a government goes to the country , they hold a general election. [BRIT ] □  The Prime Minister does not have to go to the country for another year. USAGE country

When you use country to talk about a place far away from the city, the only determiner you can use with it is the . Don’t say, for example, ‘ I like living in Paris, but my parents prefer to live in a country ’. You say ‘I like living in Paris, but my parents prefer to live in the country ’. □  We have a house in the country . COLLOCATIONS country NOUN 1

adjective + country : home, native; developing, poor, rich; foreign

verb + country : flee, leave

cou n|try and we st|ern also country-and-western N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Country and western is the same as country music. □  …a successful country and western singer.

cou n|try club (country clubs ) N‑COUNT A country club is a club in the country where you can play sports and attend social events.

cou n|try cou s|in (country cousins ) N‑COUNT If you refer to someone as a country cousin , you think that they are unsophisticated because they come from the country.

cou n|try da nc|ing N‑UNCOUNT Country dancing is traditional dancing in which people dance in rows or circles.

cou n|try hou se (country houses ) N‑COUNT A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family. [BRIT ]

country|man /kʌ ntrimən/ (countrymen )

1 N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] Your countrymen are people from your own country. □  Unlike Handel's fellow countryman and contemporary Johann Bach, Handel never had a musical family.

2 N‑COUNT A countryman is a person who lives in the country rather than in a city or a town. □  He had the red face of a countryman.

cou n|try sea t (country seats ) N‑COUNT A country seat is a large house with land in the country which is owned by someone who also owns a house in a town. □  His family have a country seat in Oxfordshire.

country|side ◆◇◇ /kʌ ntrisa I d/ N‑UNCOUNT The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities. □  I've always loved the English countryside. □  We are surrounded by lots of beautiful countryside. SYNONYMS countryside NOUN

country:She was cycling along a country road near Compiègne.

outdoors:Life in the great outdoors isn't supposed to be luxurious.

green belt:The result will be at least 3,000 houses on our green belt.

country|wide /kʌ ntriwa I d/ ADV [ADV after v, n ADV ] Something that happens or exists countrywide happens or exists throughout the whole of a particular country. □  Armed robbery and abduction have been on the increase countrywide. □  They sent out questionnaires to 100 schools countrywide. ● ADJ [ADJ n] Countrywide is also an adjective. □  …a countrywide network of volunteers.

country|woman /kʌ ntriwʊmən/ (countrywomen )

1 N‑COUNT A countrywoman is a woman who lives in the country rather than in a city or a town. □  She had the slow, soft voice of a countrywoman.

2 N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] Your countrywomen are women from your own country. □  The 25-year-old hit long to allow her fellow countrywoman to extend her lead to 4–0.