countries meaning

EN[ˈkʌntɹiz]
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Definition of countries in English Dictionary

• NounBFcountrySUF-ies
  1. plural of country.
     1. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • ollective term — with permutations such as PIIGGS to include Ireland and Great Britain among the list of debt-ridden countries — has been denounced by politicians in Portugal and Spain.
     • Of note, icodextrin was not available in our country for any patient during the study period.
     • I'm sick of his sounding off about how he thinks this country should run!
  2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
     • At the same time, it is pouring money into cleaning up the country.
     • But governments and central banks vouched for the zombie banks, which were able to keep borrowing dollars from banks in other countries.
     • Figures a teahadist would define jingoism as love of country.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Nouns
     • Noun forms
       • Plurals
         • Plurals ending in "-ies"
       • Noun plural forms
         • Plurals ending in "-ies"
     • Nouns with common ending formations
       • Plurals ending in "-ies"

Other Vocabulary

1. en counties
2. en countrie
3. en contribs
4. en contrees
5. fr contrées

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