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coun·ter1 Pronunciation Key (kountr)
adj.
Contrary; opposing: moves and counter moves on the checkerboard.
n.
One that is an opposite.
Sports. A boxing blow given while receiving or parrying another.
Sports. A fencing parry in which one foil follows the other in a circular fashion.
A stiff piece of leather around the heel of a shoe.
Nautical. The portion of a ship's stern extending from the water line to the extreme outward swell.
Printing. The depression between the raised lines of the face on a piece of type.
v. coun·tered, coun·ter·ing, coun·ters
v. tr.
To meet or return (a blow) by another blow.
To move or act in opposition to; oppose.
To offer in response: countered that she was too busy to be thorough.
v. intr.
To move, act, or respond so as to be in opposition.
adv.
In a contrary manner or direction.
To or toward an opposite or dissimilar course or outcome: a method running counter to traditional techniques.
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[Middle English countre, from Old French contre, from Latin contr. See counter-.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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count·er2 Pronunciation Key (kountr)
n.
A flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted, or food is prepared or served.
Games. A piece, as of wood or ivory, used for keeping a count or a place.
An imitation coin; a token.
A piece of money.
Idioms:
over the counter
Without being listed or available on an officially recognized stock exchange but traded in direct negotiation between buyers and sellers: bought stocks over the counter.
Without a doctor's prescription being legally required: cold medicine that is available over the counter.
under the counter
In an illegal or surreptitious manner; illicitly: arrested for selling prescription drugs under the counter.
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[Middle English countour, from Anglo-Norman counteour, from Medieval Latin computtrium, countinghouse, from Latin computre, to calculate. See count1.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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count·er3 Pronunciation Key (kountr)
n.
One that counts, especially an electronic or mechanical device that automatically counts occurrences or repetitions of phenomena or events.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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pref.
Contrary; opposite; opposing: counterclaim.
Corresponding; complementary: counterfoil.
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[Middle English countre-, from Old French contre-, from Latin contr. See kom in Indo-European Roots.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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\Coun"ter\, n.
Over the counter (Stock Exchanges), in an office; -- said of business so done, as distinguished from that done at an exchange. [Cant] Counterglow \Coun"ter*glow`\, n. (Astron.) An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen during September and October, when in the constellations Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood. Called also Gegenschein.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Speed counter \Speed counter\ (Mach.) A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simply counter.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Coun"ter\ (koun"t?r-).
Note: [See Counter, adv. ] A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Count"er\ (koun"t?r), n. [OE. countere, countour, a counter (in sense 1), OF. contere, conteor, fr. conter to count. See Count, v. t. ] 1. One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
2. A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
The old gods of our own race whose names . . . serve as counters reckon the days of the week. --E. B. Tylor.
What comes the wool to? . . . I can not do it without counters. --Shak.
3. Money; coin; -- used in contempt. [Obs.]
To lock such rascal counters from his friends. --Shak.
4. A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
Anne Aysavugh . . . imprisoned in the Counter. --Fuller.
5. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. --Knight.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Coun"ter\, a. Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. ``Innumerable facts attesting the counter principle.'' --I. Taylor.
Counter approach (Fort.), a trench or work pushed forward from defensive works to meet the approaches of besiegers. See Approach.
Counter bond (Law), in old practice, a bond to secure one who has given bond for another.
Counter brace. See Counter brace, in Vocabulary.
Counter deed (Law), a secret writing which destroys, invalidates, or alters, a public deed.
Counter distinction, contradistinction. [Obs.]
Counter drain, a drain at the foot of the embankment of a canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may soak through.
Counter extension (Surg.), the fixation of the upper part of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part, as in cases of luxation or fracture.
Counter fissure (Surg.) Same as Contrafissure.
Counter indication. (Med.) Same as Contraindication.
Counter irritant (Med.), an irritant to produce a blister, a pustular eruption, or other irritation in some part of the body, in order to relieve an existing irritation in some other part. ``Counter irritants are of as great use in moral as in physical diseases.'' --Macaulay.
Counter irritation (Med.), the act or the result of applying a counter irritant.
Counter opening, an aperture or vent on the opposite side, or in a different place.
Counter parole (Mil.), a word in addition to the password, given in time of alarm as a signal.
Counter plea (Law), a replication to a plea. --Cowell.
Counter pressure, force or pressure that acts in a contrary direction to some other opposing pressure.
Counter project, a project, scheme, or proposal brought forward in opposition to another, as in the negotiation of a treaty. --Swift.
Counter proof, in engraving, a print taken off from another just printed, which, by being passed through the press, gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same position as that of plate from which the first was printed, the object being to enable the engraver to inspect the state of the plate.
Counter revolution, a revolution opposed to a former one, and restoring a former state of things.
Counter revolutionist, one engaged in, or befriending, a counter revolution.
Counter round (Mil.), a body of officers whose duty it is to visit and inspect the rounds and sentinels.
Counter sea (Naut.), a sea running in an opposite direction from the wind.
Counter sense, opposite meaning.
Counter signal, a signal to answer or correspond to another.
Counter signature, the name of a secretary or other officer countersigned to a writing. --Tooke.
Counter slope, an overhanging slope; as, a wall with a counter slope. --Mahan.
Counter statement, a statement made in opposition to, or denial of, another statement.
Counter surety, a counter bond, or a surety to secure one who has given security.
Counter tally, a tally corresponding to another.
Counter tide, contrary tide.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Coun"ter\, n. [OE. countour, OF. contouer, comptouer, F. comptoir, LL. computatorium, prop., a computing place, place of accounts, fr. L. computare. See Count, v. t.] 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Coun"ter\, adv. [F. contre, fr. L. contra against. Cf. Contra-.] 1. Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
Running counter to all the rules of virtue. --Locks.
2. In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
This is counter, you false Danish dogs! --Shak.
3. At or against the front or face. [R.]
Which [darts] they never throw counter, but at the back of the flier. --Sandys.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Coun"ter\, v. i. (Boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
His left hand countered provokingly. --C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Coun"ter\, n. [See Counter, adv., Contra.] 1. (Naut.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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\Coun"ter\ (koun"t?r), n. An encounter. [Obs.]
With kindly counter under mimic shade. --Spenser.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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adj : indicating opposition or resistance [syn: antagonistic] n 1: horizontal surface over which business is transacted 2: used in various card or board games 3: a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens [syn: tabulator] 4: stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers [syn: buffet, sideboard] 5: the part that fits the heel [syn: heel] 6: piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot 7: a return punch [syn: counterpunch, parry] adv : in the opposite direction; "run counter" v 1: speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments" 2: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn: anticipate, foresee, forestall]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
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