COUNTER
\kˈa͡ʊntə], \kˈaʊntə], \k_ˈaʊ_n_t_ə]\
Definitions of COUNTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
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a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe
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game equipment used in various card or board games
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in the opposite direction; "run counter"
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speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments"
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a person who counts things
By Princeton University
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a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
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a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe
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game equipment used in various card or board games
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in the opposite direction; "run counter"
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speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
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One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
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A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
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Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
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A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
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A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
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A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
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Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
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In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
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At or against the front or face.
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Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
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The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
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Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
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The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
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The back leather or heel part of a boot.
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An encounter.
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To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
By Oddity Software
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One who, or that which, reckons or serves to keep an account; a shop table; as, the counter in a store; a blow given in trying to ward off a blow; the leather that strengthens the heel of a shoe.
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In boxing, to give a return blow while trying to escape a blow.
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Contrary; adverse; in an opposite direction; as, to go counter to advice: pr efix, contrary; opposite; as, counter-evidence, evidence opposing other evidence.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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He who or that which counts: that which indicates a number: a piece of metal, etc., used in reckoning: a table on which money is counted or goods laid.
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Against: in opposition.
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Contrary: opposite.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Contrary; opposing.
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One who counts; a counting-machine; a piece of wood, ivory, etc., used in counting.
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A table on which to count money or expose goods for sale.
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An opposite; a parry; return blow.
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The portion of a shoe that surrounds the heel.
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Contrary; reversely.
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Contrary; opposite; as, counteract, counterpart.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. One who counts, or keeps an account; —a piece of metal, wood, &c., in the form of a coin, used in reckoning; —a table or board on which money is counted, and on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers; —a check, as upon articles delivered; —a tell-tale.
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adv. [French] [Latin] Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction. This word is prefixed to many others, chiefly verbs and nouns, expressing opposition or contrariety.
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