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counter en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈkaʊn.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ] (General-American) in fast speech
  • [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ] (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English countour, from Old French conteor (French comptoir), from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō, equivalent to count + -er. Doublet of cantore, computer, and kontor.

Meanings

  1. One who counts.
    • He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.
  2. A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
    • The basic idea is that the researcher conducting the transect (called the counter or enumerator) walks along a set path at certain intervals (hourly, daily, monthly, etc.) and tallies all instances of whatever is being surveyed. 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
  3. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
    • He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.
  4. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
  5. A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
    • With a foreach block, you don't need to create an explicit counter variable. 2006, Matthew MacDonald, Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional, page 49:
  6. (Internet) A hit counter.
  7. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
    • He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till.
  8. A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
  9. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
  10. In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
  11. Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
  12. (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
    • He remaynes prisonner in the Counter in Woodstrete in the hole, by the contagiousing wherof he is lyke to perishe 1590, John Greenwood, Christopher Bowman's Petition:
  13. 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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
counters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

counter statement · over-the-counter · Geiger-Müller counter · bean-counter · counter culture · counterperson · counterwoman · clicker counter · checkout counter · liquid scintillation counter · non-over-the-counter · program counter · behind the counter · span counter · rev counter · counterside · nail to the counter · counter batten · counterman · rivet counter · over the counter · decade counter · counterlike · anticounter · counter payment · photocounter · soda counter · scintillation counter · under-the-counter · counter password · counterful · bargaining counter · countertop · trade counter · counterjumper · colony counter · pollen counter · multicounter · hit counter · bean counter · lunch counter · cross-counter · time elapsed counter · counterworker · counter clockwise · under the counter · abbey counter · counterless · counter surf · frame counter · card counter · axle counter · counter check · counterhand · counter strategy · head counter · run counter · counter intelligence · Geiger counter · nucleocounter · hard counter · photomultiplier counter

Descendants

カウンター · เคาน์เตอร์ · kaunter · 카운터

Synonyms

bench · benchtop · measure word · bench

Translations (210)

el απαριθμητής (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · nl toonbank (table or board on which business is transacted) · da disk (table or board on which business is transacted) · bg броя́ч (telltale) · hu kiszolgálópult (table or board on which business is transacted) · hu zseton (object used in counting) · ro numărătoare (object used in counting) · pl blat (kitchen surface for food preparation) · fr compteur (one who counts) · my ကောင်တာ (table or board on which business is transacted) · pt contador (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · da køkkenbord (kitchen surface for food preparation) · es encimera (kitchen surface for food preparation) · ja カウンター (object used in counting) · fa-ira شُمارَنْدِه (object used in counting) · he דַּלְפָּק (table or board on which business is transacted) · eo nombrilo (object used in counting) · hy հաշվիչ (object used in counting) · pt contador (one who counts) · ca comptador (one who counts) · cmn 計分石 /计分石 (curling: stone counting as point) · ko 카운터 (table or board on which business is transacted) · ru счётчик (telltale) · ky билмээсепчи (one who counts) · af teller (one who counts) · fr comptoir (table or board on which business is transacted) · de Zähler (object used in counting) · ro contor (object used in counting) · cmn 得分球 (curling: stone counting as point) · es mostrador (table or board on which business is transacted) · ro ghișeu (table or board on which business is transacted) · hu bábu (object used in counting) · eo butiktablo (table or board on which business is transacted) · uk обліко́вець (one who counts) · kk есептеуіш (object used in counting) · pl licznik (object used in counting) · be лічы́льнік (object used in counting) · de Zähler (one who counts) · yue 櫃檯 /櫃枱 /櫃臺 /櫃台 (table or board on which business is transacted) · cy bwrdd (table or board on which business is transacted) · da tæller (one who counts) · mk бро́јач (object used in counting) · bg броя́ч (object used in counting) · mi pae-utu (table or board on which business is transacted) · tg ҳисобкунак (object used in counting) · be лічы́льшчыца (one who counts) · es contador (object used in counting) · es counter (table or board on which business is transacted) · de Schalter (table or board on which business is transacted) · id loket (table or board on which business is transacted) · eo nombrilo (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · eu erakusmahai (table or board on which business is transacted) · it contatore (object used in counting) · kw komptyer (table or board on which business is transacted) · hu előkészítő felület (kitchen surface for food preparation) · ky эсептегич (object used in counting) · de Tresen (table or board on which business is transacted) · sv köksbänk (kitchen surface for food preparation) · ru конто́рка (table or board on which business is transacted) · fi laskija (one who counts) · cs čítač (object used in counting) · mi perepere (object used in counting) · pl licznik (one who counts) · vi quầy thu ngân (table or board on which business is transacted) · da tæller (telltale) · nb kjøkkenbenk (kitchen surface for food preparation) · fr compteur (object used in counting) · sl pult (table or board on which business is transacted) · cy cownter (table or board on which business is transacted) · sh бро̀ја̄ч (object used in counting) · hu számoló (one who counts) · da optæller (one who counts) · eo vendotablo (table or board on which business is transacted) · tr tezgâh (kitchen surface for food preparation) · pt bancada (kitchen surface for food preparation) · ro numărătoare (one who counts) · ga cuntar (kitchen surface for food preparation) · el μετρητής (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · de Zählwerk (object used in counting) · nn disk (table or board on which business is transacted) · pl lada (table or board on which business is transacted) · mk бро́јач (one who counts) · ro numărător (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · ru счётчик (one who counts) · lad kontuar (table or board on which business is transacted) · pl kontuar (table or board on which business is transacted) · ota پشتخته (table or board on which business is transacted) · fi tiski (table or board on which business is transacted) · ru прила́вок (table or board on which business is transacted) · fa-ira شُمارِشْگَر (object used in counting) · es contador (one who counts) · fi laskuri (object used in counting) · kk есептегіш (object used in counting) · es taquilla (table or board on which business is transacted) · sv disk (table or board on which business is transacted) · bg тезгя́х (table or board on which business is transacted) · ro contor (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · kw boton (object used in counting) · mi tūpapa (kitchen surface for food preparation) · bg броя́чка (one who counts) · ga cuntar (table or board on which business is transacted) · tr tezgâh (table or board on which business is transacted) · kw niverell (object used in counting) · ca taulell (table or board on which business is transacted) · is búðarborð (table or board on which business is transacted) · fr guichet (table or board on which business is transacted) · ko 계산대 (table or board on which business is transacted) · cs počtář (one who counts) · tr sayaç (object used in counting) · ru сто́йка (table or board on which business is transacted) · bg броя́ч (one who counts) · it bancone (kitchen surface for food preparation) · vi kệ bếp (kitchen surface for food preparation) · sh bròjāč (object used in counting) · ms kaunter (table or board on which business is transacted) · fi laskuri (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · sk čítač (object used in counting) · pt contador (object used in counting) · bg гише́ (table or board on which business is transacted) · be сто́йка (table or board on which business is transacted) · af teller (object used in counting) · izh lukija (one who counts) · fi putka (prison attached to city court) · hu munkalap (kitchen surface for food preparation) · enm countour (one who counts) · pt balcão (table or board on which business is transacted) · da tæller (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · be стальні́ца (kitchen surface for food preparation) · uk прила́вок (table or board on which business is transacted) · cmn 櫃檯 /櫃枱 /櫃臺 /櫃台 (table or board on which business is transacted) · be прыла́вак (table or board on which business is transacted) · ca getó (object used in counting) · sh pȕlt (table or board on which business is transacted) · sl preštevalec (one who counts) · sl števec (object used in counting) · fi työtaso (kitchen surface for food preparation) · ka დახლი (table or board on which business is transacted) · de Zähler (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · el μετρητής (object used in counting) · ru счётчик (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · de Arbeitsfläche (kitchen surface for food preparation) · de Theke (table or board on which business is transacted) · ja カウンタ (table or board on which business is transacted) · hu pult (table or board on which business is transacted) · it bancone (table or board on which business is transacted) · enm countour (table or board on which business is transacted) · ar عَدَّاد (object used in counting) · ru счётчица (one who counts) · cmn 料理臺 /料理台 (kitchen surface for food preparation) · ru столе́шница (kitchen surface for food preparation) · sl preštevalka (one who counts) · de Arbeitsplatte (kitchen surface for food preparation) · it contatore (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · ko 카운터 (object used in counting) · da skranke (table or board on which business is transacted) · sh пу̏лт (table or board on which business is transacted) · is eldhúsbekkur (kitchen surface for food preparation) · hu számláló (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · pt balcão (kitchen surface for food preparation) · uz schyotchik (object used in counting) · da tæller (object used in counting) · nl aanrecht (kitchen surface for food preparation) · af kookoppervlak (kitchen surface for food preparation) · af toonbank (table or board on which business is transacted) · is afgreiðsluborð (table or board on which business is transacted) · uk лічи́льник (object used in counting) · ja カウンター (table or board on which business is transacted) · cs počtářka (one who counts) · io kontero (object used in counting) · nn kjøkenbenk (kitchen surface for food preparation) · he דֶּלְפֵּק (table or board on which business is transacted) · ca fitxa (object used in counting) · nrf compteux (object used in counting) · vi mạch đếm (object used in counting) · tg ҳисобчӣ (one who counts) · cmn 流理臺 /流理台 (kitchen surface for food preparation) · ro numărător (one who counts) · hy վաճառասեղան (table or board on which business is transacted) · nl balie (table or board on which business is transacted) · km គណនីយដ្ឋាន (table or board on which business is transacted) · be лічы́льшчык (one who counts) · ca comptavoltes (telltale) · el μετρητής (one who counts) · enm countour (prison attached to city court) · cmn 棋子 (object used in counting) · mi kaitatau (one who counts) · az piştaxta (table or board on which business is transacted) · ka მრიცხველი (object used in counting) · cmn 計數器 /计数器 (telltale) · hu pult (kitchen surface for food preparation) · nrf compteux (one who counts) · af teller (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · vi công-tơ (object used in counting) · uk стільни́ця (kitchen surface for food preparation) · nb disk (table or board on which business is transacted) · ru счётчик (object used in counting) · is teljari (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · de Zählerin (one who counts) · fi laskuri (telltale) · cy rhifydd (object used in counting) · fa-ira کُنْتور (object used in counting) · th เคาน์เตอร์ (table or board on which business is transacted) · qu yupana (object used in counting) · enm countour (object used in counting) · cs čítač (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · cmn 計數 /计数 (computing: variable etc. for keeping count) · el πάγκος (table or board on which business is transacted) · uk сто́йка (table or board on which business is transacted) · sv markör (object used in counting) · tr banko (table or board on which business is transacted)

counter en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈkaʊn.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ] (General-American) in fast speech
  • [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ] (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Contrary or opposing
    • He could not compel Mrs. Proudie to say that the report was untrue; nor could he condescend to make counter hits at her about her own daughter, as his wife would have done. 1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage:
    • His carrying a knife was counter to my plan.
    • It was, however, most interesting work, and the moulders themselves were a decent crowd, never tired of making jokes about themselves such as the hoary one that moulders did not live long, which however ran counter to the other one that no germs could live in a foundry—the atmosphere was too foul. 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 342:
    • Innumerable facts attesting the counter principle. a. 1865, Isaac Taylor, Mind in Form:

Deriveds

counter poison · counter current · counter fugue · counter- (See also) · counter agent · counter curve · counter revolution

Synonyms

antagonistic · opposite · opposed · contrasted · adverse

counter en · ADV · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈkaʊn.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ] (General-American) in fast speech
  • [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ] (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
    • running counter to all the rules of virtue 1693, [John Locke], “§94”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
  2. (not-comparable) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.
    • She hated being pregnant; it ran counter to everything she wanted from her body 2004, Bee Lavender, Maia Rossini, Mamaphonic: Balancing Motherhood and Other Creative Acts:
    • a hound that runs counter
    • which [darts] they never throw counter, but at the back of the flyer 1615, George Sandys, “(please specify the page)”, in The Relation of a Iourney Begun An: Dom: 1610. […], London: […] [Richard Field] for W. Barrett, →OCLC:

Translations (13)

ru обра́тный (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · es en contra (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · es contra (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · fr contre (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · an contra (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · bg обратен (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · fi vastaan (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · fi vastoin (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · pt contra (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · bg противоположен (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · it contro (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · ru противополо́жный (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) · la contra (contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction)

counter en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈkaʊn.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ] (General-American) in fast speech
  • [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ] (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.

Meanings

  1. Something opposite or contrary to something else.
  2. A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
    • Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent.
  3. The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
  4. The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
    • Seymour, sitting in an old corduroy armchair across the room, a cigarette going, wearing a blue shirt, gray slacks, moccasins with the counters broken down, a shaving cut on the side of his face […] 1959, J. D. Salinger, Seymour: An Introduction:
  5. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
  6. The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
  7. The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
  8. (obsolete) An encounter.
    • with kindly counter under mimic shade 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Teares of the Muses”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
  9. counterattack
    • Arsenal lacked urgency and penetration in a lazy, lacklustre opening half, sucked in by Forest's strategy of sitting back in blocks of defence waiting to hit them on the counter. 2024 January 30, Phil McNulty, “Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners in title race after they close gap to leaders Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

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counters Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (18)

cmn 字腔 (typography: negative space of a glyph) · ru ответ (martial arts: proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to one's opponent) · fi vastaus (martial arts: proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to one's opponent) · ru противове́с (something in contradiction to a proposal) · ru противоде́йствие (something in contradiction to a proposal) · fi kantio (part of shoe or boot) · hu betűszem (typography: negative space of a glyph) · ru за́дник (part of shoe or boot) · fi vastaehdotus (something in contradiction to a proposal) · fi kantakappi (part of shoe or boot) · fi vastapuoli (something opposite or contrary to something else) · fi vastatoimi (something in contradiction to a proposal) · bg ко́нтра (martial arts: proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to one's opponent) · ru ответный удар (martial arts: proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to one's opponent) · hu visszaütés (martial arts: proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to one's opponent) · ru встре́чный уда́р (martial arts: proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to one's opponent) · fi vastaliike (martial arts: proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to one's opponent) · ru контрудар (martial arts: proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to one's opponent)

counter en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈkaʊn.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ] (General-American) in fast speech
  • [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ] (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.

Meanings

  1. To contradict, oppose.
    • I don't remember the conversation totally verbatim, yet I remember the tone — increasingly angry on my part, and flippant and snide on his. We countered back and forth at least three times. 1979 February 10, Pat M. Kuras, “The Rubber Gun Backfires”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 5:
    • In a war of words that has broken out between Khan and Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, the Mayor was accused of sending revenue-raising proposals to Shapps some three weeks late, giving him little choice but to extend negotiations. Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability." 2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8:
  2. To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
    • His left hand countered provokingly. 1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:
  3. To take action in response to; to respond.
    • David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats. 2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 23:
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To encounter.

Forms

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counters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
countered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
countered Tense=Past lexicographic
countering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Coordinates

countervail · counterargue · counterbalance · counteract

Translations (19)

es contraatacar (boxing: to return a blow while receiving one) · ru противостоя́ть (to contradict, oppose) · it contraddire (to contradict, oppose) · fi vastata (to take action in response to) · fi vastata (boxing: to return a blow while receiving one) · de entgegnen (to contradict, oppose) · de reagieren (to contradict, oppose) · fi vastustaa (to contradict, oppose) · es contrarrestar (to take action in response to) · es contrariar (to contradict, oppose) · es rebatir (to contradict, oppose) · de widersprechen (to contradict, oppose) · es contradecir (to contradict, oppose) · ru отвечать (boxing: to return a blow while receiving one) · it contrastare (to take action in response to) · bg противопоставям се (to contradict, oppose) · bg отговарям (to take action in response to) · it opporre (to contradict, oppose) · de entgegensetzen (to contradict, oppose)