Meaning of counter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something opposite or contrary to something else.
2. One who counts
3. One who counts.
4. A surname.
5. A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
6. A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator
7. Contrary; opposing: moves and counter moves on the checkerboard.
8. A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
9. The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
10. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc
11. To move, act, or respond so as to be in opposition.
12. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
13. The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
14. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations
15. In an illegal or surreptitious manner; illicitly: arrested for selling prescription drugs under the counter.
16. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
17. A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count
18. One that counts, especially an electronic or mechanical device that automatically counts occurrences or repetitions of phenomena or events.
19. A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
20. The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
21. a prefix used in the formation of words that have the general senses “against or counter to” (counterintuitive), “in response or reply to” (counterattack; counteroffer), “thwarting, or designed to thwart, frustrate, or nullify” (counterespionage; counterproductive), “refuting” (counterexample), “opposite, in the reverse direction” (counterclockwise; countercurrent), “offsetting, complementary” (counterbalance; counterpart...
    counterintuitive
22. A hit counter.
    Internet
23. The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
24. Diametrically opposed:antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, antonymic, antonymous, contradictory, contrary, converse, diametric, diametrical, opposing, opposite, polar, reverse.
25. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
26. An encounter.
    obsolete
27. That which is diametrically opposed to another:antipode, antipodes, antithesis, antonym, contrary, converse, opposite, reverse.
28. A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
29. counterattack
30. (with to) in the opposite direction or manner to. The election is running counter to the forecasts. teen, teë, kontra عَكْس، ضِد противоположно на contra proti, v rozporu (s) entgegengesetzt modsat αντίθετα contrariamente a, al revés de, al contrario de (millegi) vastaselt برعکس؛ برخلاف vastaan à l'encontre deבניגוד ל- विपरीत दिशा में suprotno ellentétesen, ellentétben berlawanan gegn, á móti contrario 反対の方向に 반대의 priešingai, atvirkščiai pretēji; pretējā virzienā bertentangan in tegenovergeste...
31. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
32. to meet or answer (a stroke or move etc by another). He successfully countered all criticisms. teëstaan يُخالِف، يعاكِس отвръщам contrapor čelit kontern imødegå; modsige; svare igen αντικρούωcontestar a pareerima مقابله کردن؛ پاسخ دادن vastata contrer לְהָגִיב मुकाबला करना suprotstaviti se áll vmit menangkis svara; mæta controbattere 反撃する 대응하다 atremti, duoti atkirtį, atsikirsti darboties pretī; dot pretsitienu membalas weerleggensvare igjen, imøtegå przeciwstawiać się ځواب ورکول، مقابله کول c...
    etc
33. In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
34. against or opposite. counter-clockwise. teen مُضاد، مُعاكِس обратно contra proti- entgegen mod- αντι-contra- vastu- ضد؛ ناهمسو vasta- contre- בְּנִיגוּד विरोध करना u suprotnom smjeru ellen-; az óramutató járásával ellenkező irányba(n) berlawanan and-, mót-, gagn- anti-, contro- 逆－, 反－ 반대- prieš(-), kontra- pretēji; pretējā virzienā; kontr-; kontra- lawan arah jam contra- mot-, motsattprzeciwny, anty- مخالف ، ضد contra contra- против(о)- proti- proti- suprotno mot-, kontra- ต้าน tersine, ters ...
35. Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
36. The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
    historical
37. 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.

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Examples

“He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.”

“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.”

“He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.”

“With a foreach block, you don't need to create an explicit counter variable.”

“He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till.”

“He remaynes prisonner in the Counter in Woodstrete in the hole, by the contagiousing wherof he is lyke to perishe”

“Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent.”

“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 […]”

“with kindly counter under mimic shade”

“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.”

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