English words starting with co - page 179

Meanings of Counting-on:

phrasal verb

To depend on someone or expect something

Usage examples:

You can always count on michael in a crisis., she didn’t count on rain, and didn’t bring an umbrella.

Meanings of Countinghouse:

noun

An office or building in which the accounts and money of a person or company were kept.

Meanings of Countless:

adjective

Too many to be counted; very many.

Usage examples:

She'd apologized countless times before

Meanings of Countries:

noun

A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.

Usage examples:

The country's increasingly precarious economic position

Meanings of Countrified:

adjective

Reminiscent or characteristic of the country, especially in being unsophisticated.

Usage examples:

A countrified cottage garden

Meanings of Countrify:

verb

To give the characteristics of the country to; to make rural or rustic.

Meanings of Country:

noun

A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.

Usage examples:

The country's increasingly precarious economic position

Meanings of Country-bumpkin:

noun

A person from the countryside who is considered to be awkward and stupid

Meanings of Country-house:

noun

A large traditional house in the countryside, especially one that has belonged to the same family for many years

Usage examples:

Through the trees we could see a beautiful georgian country house.

Meanings of Countryfied:

adjective

Reminiscent or characteristic of the country, especially in being unsophisticated.

Usage examples:

A countrified cottage garden

Meanings of Countryfolk:

plural noun

People living or born in a rural area.

Usage examples:

They prefer countryfolk to city slickers

Meanings of Countryish:

adjective

Relating to or resembling country music.

Usage examples:

A folksy, countryish song

Meanings of Countryman:

noun

A person from the same country as someone else.

Usage examples:

They trust a fellow countryman

Meanings of Countrymen:

noun

A person from the same country as someone else.

Usage examples:

They trust a fellow countryman

Meanings of Countrypeople:

noun

People who live in the country.

Meanings of Countryseat:

noun

A large country house and estate belonging to an aristocratic family.

Meanings of Countryside:

noun

The land and scenery of a rural area.

Usage examples:

They explored the surrounding countryside

Meanings of Countryward:

adverb

Towards the rural areas.

adjective

Facing or going in the direction of the rural areas.

Meanings of Countrywide:

adjective

Extending throughout a nation.

Usage examples:

A countrywide tour

adverb

Throughout a nation.

Usage examples:

These units travel countrywide

Meanings of Countrywoman:

noun

A woman from the same country as someone else.

Usage examples:

Simpson and her fellow countrywomen head to perth

Meanings of Countrywomen:

noun

A woman from the same country as someone else.

Usage examples:

Simpson and her fellow countrywomen head to perth

Meanings of Counts:

verb

Determine the total number of (a collection of items).

Usage examples:

I started to count the stars i could see

noun

An act of determining the total number of something.

Usage examples:

At the last count, fifteen applications were still outstanding

Meanings of County:

noun

A territorial division of some countries, forming the chief unit of local administration.

Usage examples:

One of the most attractive towns in the county

Meanings of County-borough:

noun

In wales, and in the past in england and northern ireland, a town that has its own local government

Usage examples:

Caerphilly is a town in the county borough of caerphilly, in south wales.

Meanings of County-town:

noun

The most important town or city in a county, especially the one where the local government is based

Usage examples:

Cambridge is the county town of cambridgeshire.