counter
noun
[ ˈkaʊntə ]
• a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria.
• a small disc used in board games for keeping the score or as a place marker.
• a device used for counting.
• "the counter tells you how many pictures you have taken"
Origin:
Middle English (in counter1 (sense 2)): from Old French conteor, from medieval Latin computatorium, from Latin computare (see compute).
counter
verb
• speak or act in opposition to.
• "the second argument is more difficult to counter"
counter
adverb
• in the opposite direction or in opposition to.
• "his writing ran counter to the dominant trends of the decade"
Similar:
against,
in opposition to,
contrary to,
at variance with,
in defiance of,
in contravention of,
contrarily,
contrariwise,
conversely,
against the tide,
in the opposite direction,
in the reverse direction,
in the wrong direction,
Opposite:
in accordance with,
counter
adjective
• responding to something of the same kind, especially in opposition.
• "after years of argument and counter argument there is no conclusive answer"
Similar:
opposing,
opposed,
opposite,
contrary,
adverse,
conflicting,
contradictory,
contrasting,
obverse,
different,
differing,
counter
noun
• a thing which opposes or prevents something else.
• "the stimulus to employers' organization was partly a counter to growing union power"
• the curved part of the stern of a ship projecting aft above the waterline.
• the white space enclosed by a letter such as O or c.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against’, or directly from counter-.
counter
noun
• the back part of a shoe or boot, enclosing the heel.
Origin:
mid 19th century: abbreviation of counterfort ‘buttress’, from French contrefort .
counter-
prefix
• denoting opposition, retaliation, or rivalry.
• "counter-attack"
Origin:
from Anglo-Norman French countre-, Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against’.
