Words / A2

KUNTR-ees-yd/ˈkʌntrisaɪd/

The countryside is land outside towns: in the countryside, the British countryside, leave the city for the countryside. Country can mean a nation or, informally, rural land; countryside is clearly the fields and villages. Nature is plants and animals more generally. Uncountable: some countryside, not “a countryside” in careful English.

Meaning

Land outside towns, with fields, hills, and villages.

Examples

• “We spent the weekend walking in the countryside.”
• “Buses are less frequent in the countryside.”
• “They bought a house to be nearer the countryside.”

Good to know

in the countryside. Uncountable. Contrast: city / town. Country can also mean a nation.

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