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Meaning
Noun
●
One who counts.
●
In People:
A
reckoner
; someone who
collects
data
by
counting
; an enumerator.
●
An
object
(now especially a small
disc
) used in
counting
or
keeping
count
, or as a
marker
in
games
, etc.
●
A
telltale
; a
contrivance
attached
to an
engine
,
printing press
, or other
machine
, for the
purpose
of
counting
the
revolutions
or the pulsations.
●
In Programming:
A
variable
,
memory
location
, etc. whose
contents
are
incremented
to keep a count.
●
In Internet:
A
hit
counter.
●
A
table
or
board
on which money is
counted
and over which business is transacted
●
A
shop
tabletop
on which
goods
are
examined
,
weighed
or measured.
●
In a
kitchen
, a
surface
, often
built
into the
wall
and above a
cabinet
,
designed
to be used for food preparation.
●
In a
bathroom
, a
surface
, often
built
into the
wall
and above a
cabinet
, which
holds
the washbasin.
●
In Curling:
Any
stone
lying
closer to
the
center
than any of the opponent's
stone
s.
●
The
prison
attached
to a
city
court
; a compter.
●
In Grammar:
A
class
of
word
used
along with
numbers
to
count
objects
and
events
,
typically
mass nouns
. Although
rare
and
optional
in English (e.g. "20
head
of
cattle
"), they are
numerous
and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
●
Something
opposite
or
contrary to
something else.
●
In Martial arts:
A
proactive
defensive
hold
or
move in
reaction
to a
hold
or
move
by
one's
opponent.
●
In Nautical:
The
overhanging
stern
of a
vessel
above the
waterline
, below and somewhat forward of the
stern
proper.
●
The
piece
of a
shoe
or a
boot
around the
heel
of the
foot
(above the
heel
of the
shoe
/boot).
●
In Music:
Alternative form of
contra
Formerly used to
designate
any under part which
served
for
contra
st to a
principal part
, but now used as
equivalent
to countertenor.
●
The
breast
of a
horse
; that part of a
horse
between the
shoulders
and under the neck.
●
In Typography:
The
enclosed
or
partly
closed
negative space
of a glyph.
●
An encounter.
Adv
●
Contrary, in
opposition
; in an
opposite
direction.
●
In the
wrong
way;
contrary to
the right course.
Verb
●
To
contradict
, oppose.
●
In Boxing:
To
return
a
blow
while
receiving
one,
as in
boxing.
●
To
take action
in
response
to; to respond.
●
To encounter.
Adj
●
Contrary or opposing
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
counter
English
contre
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
contra
Latin
countour
Anglo-Norman
conteor
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
computatorium
Latin
computare
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Bench
Opposite
Contrasted
Opposed
Adverse
Antagonistic
Reply
Oppose
Respond
Contrary
Measure Word
Related
Curb
Table
Block
Reverse
Mitigate
Overcome
Combat
Tackle
Neutralise
Neutralize
Bar
Address
Prevent
Confront
Resolve
Clock
Target
Reduce
Avoid
Negate
Refute
Base
Challenge
Resist
Timer
Rebuff
Desk
Remedy
Dispel
Kiosk
Nullify
Control
Line
Justify
Suppress
Solve
Avert
Stall
Eliminate
Queue
Alleviate
Device
Minimize
Limit
Buttress
Sidestep
Attack
Box
Deter
Handle
Defend
Eradicate
Switch
Rack
Gate
Balance
Dispenser
Remove
Correct
Ground
Evade
Detector
More
Rhymes
Counter
Encounter
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