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counter

noun

1 counter

Table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted.

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, ... show more

Roget 215: support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib; point d'appui [Fr.], pou sto [Gr.], purchase footing, hold, ... show more

Roget 84: number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer; counter; round number; formula; function; series.    sum, difference, ... show more

Roget 799: mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse; Tattersall's.    ... show more

Dutch: aanrecht, counter, toonbank
Polish: kantor

2 counter

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.

Dutch: balie

3 counter

A calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens.

synonym: tabulator.

Dutch: teller
Polish: zegar, licznik

4 counter

A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers.

synonyms: buffet, sideboard.

Dutch: buffet, dressoir
Polish: kredens

5 counter

A person who counts things.

6 counter

A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one).

synonyms: comeback, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte.

Dutch: scherp antwoord, antwoord, repliek, weerwoord
Polish: odpalenie

7 counter

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

8 counter

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.

synonym: heel counter.

Dutch: hiel
Polish: napiętnik, napiętek

9 counter

A return punch (especially by a boxer).

synonyms: counterpunch, parry.

Dutch: tegenstoot, parade

verb

1 counter

Speak in response.

2 counter

Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time.

synonyms: anticipate, foresee, forestall.

Dutch: voorzien

adjective

1 counter

Indicating opposition or resistance.

synonym: antagonistic.

Roget 14: contrary, contrarious, contrariant; opposite, counter, dead against; converse, reverse; opposed, antithetical, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; ... show more

Polish: antagonistyczny

adverb

1 counter

In the opposite direction.


Moby thesaurus: Geiger counter, Wilson chamber, X-ray spectrograph, X-ray spectrometer, abjure, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, advocate, against the grain, against the tide, against the wind, agree to disagree, alien, allege in support, alpha pulse analyzer, ambo, answer, antagonistic ... show more.

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