Country vs Contrive - What's the difference?
country | contrive |
(label) An area of land; a district, region.
* 2010 , David Vann, The Observer , 7 Mar 2010:
A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.
* 2007 , Chris Moss, The Guardian , 17 Feb 2007:
The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.
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* 1994 , (Nelson Mandela), Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 3:
* 2010 , The Economist , 3 Feb 2011:
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*:I was borne and brought up in the Countrie , and amidst husbandry.
* 2000 , Alexander Chancellor, The Guardian , 4 Mar.:
Country music.
(label) The rock through which a vein runs.
From or in the countryside or connected with it.
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Of or connected to country music.
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
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* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 154
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, chapter=10 To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
As a noun country
is an area of land; a district, region.As an adjective country
is from or in the countryside or connected with it.As a verb contrive is
to form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot.country
English
Noun
(countries)- We walk along flat, open country , red dirt and spinifex grass, a few short trees.
- This is condor country - the only region this far east where you can see the magnificent vulture - and a small national park straddling the passes, El Condorito, is a good stopover for walkers and birders.
George Goodchild
- It is a beautiful country of rolling hills, fertile valleys, and a thousand rivers and streams which keep the landscape green even in winter.
- These days corporate Germany looks rather different. Volkswagen, the country ’s leading carmaker, wants to be the world’s biggest by 2018.
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- I have always thought that one of the main reasons for the popularity of blood sports in the country is the pointlessness of going outdoors with no purpose or destination in mind.
Derived terms
/* Derived terms */ * country mile * countryside * countrywide * high country * old countrySee also
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* 1000 English basic words ----contrive
English
Verb
(contriv)- Neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life.
- I cannot bear the idea of two young women traveling post by themselves. It is highly improper. You must contrive to send somebody.
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