countryside

Definitions

1. An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
   countable, uncountable
2. campaign
3. Such part of a larger area.
   countable, uncountable
4. A rural landscape.
   countable, uncountable
5. base

Equivalents

Examples

“From November 28 to December 8, 1958, the CCP Central Committee held its sixth plenum in Wuhan, Hopei^([sic – meaning Hupei]), and at the end⟳ of the session it issued a revealing resolution that declared there had been some misconception about the system and that party committees throughout the countryside should make⟳ full use⟳ of the five months from December 1958 to April 1959 to tidy up the communes.”

“We live⟳ in the Swedish countryside.”

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