- counter⇄adj. opposite; contrary.
Ex. Your plans are counter to ours. - counter⇄adv. 1. in the opposite direction; in the reverse direction.
2. opposed; contrary.
Ex. He acted counter to his promise. That wild idea runs counter to common sense. - counter⇄counter (1), noun.
1a. a long table in a store, restaurant, or bank on which money is counted out, or across which goods, food, or drinks are given to customers.
b. a banker's or money-changer's table.
c. any similar long, narrow surfa - counter⇄counter (2), noun.
1. a person who counts.
2. a thing that counts, such as an apparatus for keeping count of revolutions or strokes of a piston. - counter⇄counter (3), adverb, adjective, verb, noun.
- counter⇄expr. over the counter, through a broker's office instead of a regular exchange.
Ex. This includes some stock distributed through trading on exchanges, but the total is made up largely of stock distributed over the counter in companies ""going publ - counter⇄expr. under the counter, in an underhanded manner; without authorization; clandestinely.
Ex. The Metropolitan Opera House was crammed with people eager to shed $50 at the box office or $100 under the counter (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - counter⇄noun 1. that which is opposite or contrary to something else.
Ex. The counter to Communism was to show that there was a better way of life for people under a free democracy (London Times).
2. in boxing:
a. a blow given while receiving - counter⇄v.i. 1. to make a move or take a stand against some person, action, etc., especially by making an opposing statement.
Ex. In the debate the other team countered very weakly with a poorly prepared argument.
2. to give a blow in boxing while r - counter⇄v.t. 1. to oppose; go or act counter to.
Ex. She did not like our plan; so she countered it with one of her own.
(SYN) contradict.
2. to meet or answer (a move, blow, proposal, statement, or challenge) by another in return.
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