Counter

['kaʊntə] or ['kaʊntɚ]

Definition

(noun.) table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted.

(noun.) a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens.

(noun.) a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; 'a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot'.

(noun.) game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games.

(noun.) (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers).

(noun.) a person who counts things.

(verb.) speak in response; 'He countered with some very persuasive arguments'.

(adv.) in the opposite direction; 'run counter'.

Typed by Dave--From WordNet

Definition

(adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

(v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.

(v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.

(v. t.) Money; coin; -- used in contempt.

(v. t.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

(v. t.) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

(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.

(adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.

(adv.) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.

(adv.) At or against the front or face.

(a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.

(adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

(adv.) 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.

(adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.

(adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.

(n.) An encounter.

(v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.

Typist: Shane

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Reckoner, calculator.

ad. Contrary, contrariwise.

Edited by Linda

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Opposed, contrary, against

ANT:According, coincident

Checker: Luther

Definition

adv. against: in opposition.—adj. contrary: opposite.—n. that which is counter of opposite: (mus.) the voice-part set in immediate contrast with the air: (fencing) a parry in which one foil follows the other in a small circle: the part of a horse's breast between the shoulders and under the neck: (naut.) the part of a ship between the water-line and the knuckle of the stern.—v.t. Counteract′ to act counter or in opposition to: to hinder or defeat.—n. Counterac′tion.—adj. Counteract′ive tending to counteract.—n. one who or that which counteracts.—adv. Counteract′ively.—ns. Coun′ter-ag′ent anything which counteracts; Coun′ter-approach′ a work thrown up outside a besieged place to command or check the approaches of the besieger; Coun′ter-attrac′tion attraction in an opposite direction.—adj. Coun′ter-attract′ive attracting in an opposite direction.—v.t. Counterbal′ance to balance by weight on the opposite side: to act against with equal weight power or influence.—ns. Coun′terbalance an equal weight power or agency working in opposition; Coun′terbase (see Contrabass); Coun′ter-batt′ery (mil.) a battery erected to oppose another; Coun′ter-blast something done in opposition to another thing; Coun′ter-bond a bond to protect from contingent loss one who has given bond for another.—v.t. Coun′ter-brace (naut.) to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways.—n. the lee-brace of the fore-topsail-yard.—n. Coun′terbuff a stroke that stops motion or causes a recoil.—v.t. to drive back by such.—ns. Coun′ter-cast (Spens.) a contrary cast counterplot trick; Coun′ter-cast′er (Shak.) one who casts accounts: a book-keeper—used in contempt; Coun′ter-change (Shak.) exchange reciprocation.—p.adj. Coun′terchanged′ exchanged: (her.) intermixed or set one against the other as the colours of the field and charge.—n. Coun′ter-charge a charge brought forward in opposition to another charge.—v.t. Coun′tercharm to destroy or dissolve the effects of another charm.—n. that which destroys the effects of another charm.—v.t. Coun′ter-check to check by some obstacle: to rebuke.—ns. Counter-check′ a check in opposition to another: a rebuke; Counter-claim kown′tėr-klām n. a cross-demand brought forward as a partial or complete set-off against another claim.; Coun′ter-curr′ent a current flowing in an opposite direction; Coun′ter-drain a drain alongside a canal &c. to carry off water oozing out.—v.t. Coun′terdraw to trace on oiled paper or other transparent material.—ns. Coun′ter-ev′idence evidence brought forward in opposition to other evidence; Coun′terfoil the corresponding part of a bank cheque &c. retained by the giver; Coun′ter-force an opposing force; Coun′ter-fort (fort.) a buttress or arch behind the revetments or retaining walls of the ditches of permanent fortifications; Coun′ter-gauge an adjustable scribing gauge for marking the measurements of a mortise on a piece to be tenoned; Coun′ter-guard (fort.) an outwork consisting of two lines of rampart running parallel to the faces of the bastion to guard the bastion from being breached; Coun′ter-in′fluence an opposing influence; Coun′ter-irr′itant an agent or substance applied to the skin so as to redden to vesicate or to produce pustules &c.; Coun′ter-irritā′tion an artificial irritation produced in one part of the body to act in opposition to and remove already existing irritation; Coun′terlight (paint.) a light opposite to any object disturbing the effect of its light.—v.i. Coun′termarch to march back or in a direction contrary to a former one.—n. a marching backward or in a direction different from a former one: (mil.) an evolution by which a body of men change front and still retain the same men in the front rank: change of measures.—n. Coun′termark an additional mark put on a bale of goods belonging to several merchants so that it may not be opened except in the presence of all the owners: a mark put on standard metal by the London Goldsmiths' Company in addition to the artificer's: an artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses to disguise their age.—v.t. Coun′termine to make a mine in opposition to: to oppose by means of a countermine: (fig.) to frustrate by secret working:—pr.p. countermin′ing; pa.p. countermined′.—ns. Coun′ter-mine (mil.) a mine or chamber excavated by the besieged to counteract or destroy the mines made by the besiegers: (fig.) any means of counteraction; Coun′ter-mō′tion an opposite motion; Coun′ter-move -move′ment a contrary move movement.—v.t. Coun′termure to fortify a wall with another wall.—ns. Coun′ter-ō′pening an aperture or vent on the opposite side or in a different place; Coun′ter-pace a step in opposition to another a contrary measure.—adj. Coun′ter-paled (her.) divided equally as an escutcheon first palewise then by a line fesswise with two tinctures countercharged.—ns. Coun′ter-parole′ a word in addition to the password; Coun′terpart the part that answers to another part: that which fits into or completes another having the qualities which another lacks and so an opposite.—adj. Coun′ter-pass′ant (her.) denoting two animals in a coat of arms represented as passing each other the contrary way.—n. Coun′terplea a replication to a plea or request.—v.t. Counterplead′ to plead the contrary of; Coun′terplot′ to plot against in order to frustrate another plot:—pr.p. counterplot′ting; pa.p. counterplot′ted.—n. a plot or stratagem opposed to another plot.—v.t. Coun′terpoise to poise or weigh against or on the opposite side: to act in opposition to with equal effect.—n. an equally heavy weight in the other scale—(Spens.) Coun′terpoys.—ns. Coun′ter-pois′on a poison used as the antidote of another; Coun′ter-pres′sure opposing pressure; Coun′ter-proof an inverted impression obtained from a newly printed proof of an engraving by laying it while the ink is still wet upon plain paper and passing it through the press; Coun′ter-revolū′tion a subsequent revolution counteracting the effect of a previous; Coun′ter-roll a copy of the rolls relating to appeals inquests &c. serving as a check on another's roll; Coun′ter-round a body of officers which goes to inspect the rounds.—adj. Coun′tersā′lient (her.) salient in opposite directions.—n. Coun′terscarp (fort.) the side of the ditch nearest to the besiegers and opposite to the scarp.—v.t. Counterseal′ (Shak.) to seal along with others.—ns. Coun′ter-secur′ity security given to one who has become surety for another; Coun′ter-sense an interpretation contrary to the real sense.—v.t. Countersign′ to sign on the opposite side of a writing: to sign in addition to the signature of a superior to attest the authenticity of a writing.—ns. Coun′tersign a military private sign or word which must be given in order to pass a sentry: a counter-signature; Coun′ter-sig′nal a signal used as an answer to another; Coun′ter-sig′nature a name countersigned to a writing.—v.t. Coun′tersink to bevel the edge of a hole as for the head of a screw-nail (a a in fig.)—it is usually done by a Countersink-bit (b in fig.) in a brace.—ns. Coun′ter-stand opposition resistance; Coun′ter-state′ment a statement in opposition to another statement; Coun′ter-stroke (Spens.) a stroke given in return for another stroke; Coun′ter-tal′ly a tally serving as a check to another; Coun′ter-ten′or name applied to alto when sung by a male voice (so called because a contrast to tenor); Coun′ter-time the resistance of a horse that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his mané‘—e: resistance opposition; Coun′terturn a turn in a play different from what was expected.—v.t. Countervail′ to be of avail against: to act against with equal effect: to be of equal value to: to compensate .—n. Coun′ter-view an opposing view: a posture in which two persons face each other: opposition: contrast.—v.t. Coun′ter-vote to vote in opposition to; Coun′ter-weigh to weigh against counterbalance.—ns. Coun′ter-weight a weight in an opposite scale.—v.i. Coun′ter-wheel to wheel in an opposite direction.—n. Coun′ter-work a work raised in opposition to another.—v.t. to work in opposition to.—p.adj. Coun′ter-wrought.

n. (Spens.) encounter.—v.t. to encounter: to contradict.

Typed by Lloyd