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counter English

Meaning counter meaning

What does counter mean?
Definitions in simple English

counter Noun

— A counter is a flat surface to work on, often in a kitchen. — A counter is a small coin-shaped object, often used in games. — A counter is someone who counts.

counter Preposition

— If mathx/math is counter to mathy/math, it is against mathy/math.

counter

— noun table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted — verb speak in response He countered with some very persuasive arguments — adjective (= antagonistic) indicating opposition or resistance — adverb in the opposite direction run counter — noun a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens — 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 (= buffet) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers — verb (= anticipate) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time — noun (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) — 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 a person who counts things — noun (= counterpunch) a return punch (especially by a boxer) — noun (= rejoinder) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher

Synonyms counter synonyms

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counter English » English

bar oppose meter retort parry return respond chip buffet reply check withstand token ticket window stand sideboard riposte desk cupboard counterpunch contrary answer window wicket wardrobe ticket office tabulator stop shelf scaler retaliate resist replication rejoinder register react piece opposite office measure word heel counter hatch gauge forestall foresee fish counterattack contradict comeback cash desk

Topics counter topics

What do people use counter to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Attack
Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Spy
Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Mining

Conjugation counter conjugation

How do you conjugate counter?

counter · verb

Examples counter examples

How do I use counter in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom bought a Geiger counter.
Where's the checkout counter?
Please pay at this counter.
Where is the Avis counter?
Where is the check-in counter?
Where is the Japan Airlines counter?
How can I find the American Airlines counter?
Where's the ticket counter?
Where can I find the American Airlines counter?
That counter there.
The vanity of others is only counter to our taste when it is counter to our vanity.
Tom leaned on the counter.
Where is the information counter?
His actions run counter to his words.
Throat and nose membranes hurt by dry air allow cold viruses to enter more easily. It is important to carry out sensible counter plans against the cold with heaters and against the dryness with humidifiers.
Tom went to the counter and bought us both a drink.
Tom sat at the counter.
Tom introduced himself to the people behind the counter.
Tom took a seat at the counter.
Tom walked up to the counter and ordered a drink.
This is counter-intuitive.
There is a basket full of bananas on the counter.
This dishwasher is too big. It won't fit under the counter.

Movie subtitles

Can I leave these leaflets on your counter?
Counter-attack.
Get behind that counter.
It was counter-attacking.
All you have to do is wear. a pair of silk stockings, and they suspect you of counter-revolution.
Manny, under the counter.
Bring all clean crockery to me, to this counter.
But the Duke is willing to counter them in one blow.
I beg the good omens I've had through the week to counter the spell of the spirits. who seek to dampen the wishes I've knotted in yarn or darken the luck of pulley-bone's charm.
You can't get near the counter and when you do, they haven't got it and you pay twice as much for it.
Them that picks up a little experience along the way goes just as good over the counter.
When I think back to the days I spent behind this counter. crying. alone.
I still see him behind that counter. I still hear his voice.
He is collecting material about our campaign in South Africa to counter German propaganda.
Humanity has started down a path running counter to our intentions.
They're shoving their hard-earned money across the counter with a 10-to-1 chance against them.
He's shooting them long range, staying away, counter-punching.
When I was standing at the other counter, I was watching you.
You will receive your packages at the adjoining counter.
Got a lunch counter?
You'll find your racket at the wrapping counter.
The moment you file suit for divorce against me, I shall file a counter-suit against you.
Soak it, please. She's behind the perfume counter at Black's.
This gentleman walks up to the counter. Crystal nabs him.
I'm afraid when they come to this counter they are thinking of other women.
If you'd just step around the counter.
He's at the music counter, expecting you.
Anything behind the counter?
I fearfully hid under the counter in the store.
She'll be seated at a drug store counter, a very pretty girl, with a straw in her mouth, and she'll be drinking a soda.
Take it from the counter.
With two chairs, so that two people can sit, and really see each other without wrenching their necks trying to catch a glimpse in the mirror behind the lunch counter.
He was standing behind a counter near Nick..who was slumped over the cash register.
I watch the counter.
Looks like a counter attack.
He went to lunch with Joan, the girl who works at this counter.
I'll be at the millinery counter.

News and current affairs

But IMF accounting inhibits the use of these funds to help stabilize an economy through counter-cyclical fiscal spending.
Second, everyone must recognize their stake in restoring balanced advanced-country growth as much and as soon as possible in order to counter the ongoing shortfall in aggregate demand.
Counter-insurgency and counter-narcotics are two sides of the same coin.
Indeed, as we have seen in some Andean countries, it can be counter-productive.
At home, Sarkozy has aimed his message particularly at the young, issuing a patriotic call to the values of work and discipline, a counter-revolutionary revolution.
The private sector alone cannot and will not counter the risk of stall speed.
The gun lobby in the US remains powerful, and politicians are afraid to counter it.
The counter-argument - that any sell-off or failure by China to continue to buy US government securities would hurt China as much as America - is not valid.
Europe's security services are working closely together within the Counter-Terrorist Group, and Europol's Counter-Terrorist Task Force has been re-established.
Generally, counter-terrorism is very high on our international agenda and is becoming better integrated into the Union's political dialogue with other countries.
We are better targeting our external assistance and capacity building programs, and we are ready to use our trade and economic muscle, when necessary, by demanding counter-terrorism clauses in bilateral treaties.
To facilitate the extremely complex task of counter-terrorism policymaking in the EU, we now have a Plan of Action, approved by the European Council, which clearly specifies who does what, and by when.
In fact, only the UK is visibly opting for a more coordinated and direct way to counter the persistent shortfalls stemming from the private part of the credit crisis.
As a result, any country formulating strategies to counter the destructive forces of globalization should give overriding priority to a self-centred economic development strategy, preferably within a regional framework.
Afghanistan's often corrupt and incompetent government undermines counter-insurgency efforts there.
A long, painful period of high unemployment runs counter to what most experts believed the flexible US economic model would ever produce.
I have recently appointed a counter-terrorism coordinator to assist me in following through on the Plan of Action.

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