<B>counterpart, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing closely resembling another. <BR> <I>Ex. She is the counterpart of her twin sister.</I> (SYN) double, parallel. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or thing that complements or corresponds to another. <BR> <I>Ex. Night is the counterpart of day.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a copy; duplicate. (SYN) facsimile. </DL>
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<B>counterpart fund,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fund consisting of local currency deposited in a foreign country to the American government, in return for the dollars it is granted by the United States in foreign aid. Counterpart funds are usually spent within the aided countries to stimulate their economic recovery. </DL>
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<B>counterplan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plan to replace or defeat another plan. </DL>
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<B>counterplea, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) the reply of the plaintiff to the defendant's plea. </DL>
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<B>counterplot, </B>noun, verb, <B>-plotted,</B> <B>-plotting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a plot to defeat another plot. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to plot in opposition. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to plot against (a plot or plotter). </DL>
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<B>counterpoint</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a melody added to another as an accompaniment. <DD><B> 2. </B>the art of adding melodies toa given melody according to fixed rules. <DD><B> 3. </B>the style of musical composition resulting from the way in which more or less individual melodies are combined according to fixed rules. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=polyphony.</B> <DD><B> 5. </B>a style of literary or dramatic composition which uses a number of themes running counter to one another, usually at different levels and from shifting points of view. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Figurative.) any offsetting point or element; contrast. <BR> <I>Ex. Their white robes ... were a counterpoint to the predominant black of diplomats (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to stress by the use of counterpoint or contrasts. </DL>
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<B>counterpoint</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) a coverlet for a bed; a counterpane. </DL>
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<B>counterpoise, </B>noun, verb, <B>-poised,</B> <B>-poising.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a weight balancing another weight; counterbalancing weight. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any equal or opposing power or force. <DD><B> 3. </B>the condition of being in balance; equilibrium. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) The ... two styles of mind ... are ever in counterpoise (Emerson).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to act as a counterpoise to; offset; counterbalance. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) A weakness which may counterpoise this merit (Henry Fielding).</I> (SYN) compensate. </DL>
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<B>counterpoison, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a poison used to counteract another poison; an antidote. </DL>
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<B>counterpressure, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an opposing pressure or force; counterforce. </DL>
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<B>counterproductive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> producing results opposite to the desired or expected results. <BR> <I>Ex. [Terrorists] can only be moved to reconsider the role of violence if they are convinced it is tactically counterproductive (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>counterpropaganda, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> propaganda designed to meet the threat of an idea with one favorable to the government. </DL>
<A NAME="counterproposal">
<B>counterproposal, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a contrary proposal; counteroffer. </DL>
<A NAME="counterpunch">
<B>counterpunch, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a punch in return for another; counterblow. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to deliver a counterpunch. <BR> <I>Ex. When psychoanalysis was first becoming the rage, James Thurber counterpunched with a delicious essay ... called "Leave Your Mind Alone" (Wall Street Journal).</I> noun <B>counterpuncher.</B> </DL>
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<B>counterreaction, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a reaction following upon or opposing another reaction. <BR> <I>Ex. The Friday rebound ... was generally described as a counterreaction to the abnormal declines Thursday (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>counterreformation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a reform movement opposed to a previous reform movement. </DL>
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<B>Counter Reformation,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the reform movement within the Roman Catholic Church during the 1500's and early 1600's, designed to counter the effects of the Protestant Reformation. </DL>
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<B>counterrevolution, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a revolution against a government established by a previous revolution. </DL>
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<B>counterrevolutionary, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-aries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with or of the nature of a counterrevolution. <DD><I>noun </I> a person who takes part in or advocates a counterrevolution. </DL>
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<B>counterrevolutionist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who takes part in or advocates a counterrevolution. </DL>
<B>counterscarp, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the outer slope or wall of a moat or ditch in a fortification. </DL>
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<B>countershading, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) protective coloring characterized by the relatively darker coloration of an animal's exposed parts and lighter coloration of its shaded parts. <BR> <I>Ex. Countershading protects caterpillars against birds (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
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<B>countershaft, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shaft that transmits motion from the main shaft to the working part of a machine. </DL>
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<B>countersign, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a sign or signal used in reply to another sign. <DD><B> b. </B>(Military.) a password given in answer to the challenge of a sentinel. <BR> <I>Ex. The soldier had to give the countersign before he could pass the sentry.</I> (SYN) watchword. <DD><B> 2. </B>a signature added to another signature to confirm it. (SYN) countersignature. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to sign (something already signed by another) to confirm it. <BR> <I>Ex. The check was signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the president.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. As to dictionaries, the Dean [Swift] writes of them, as if he supposed their contents were countersigned beyond the stars (Fitzedward Hall).</I> </DL>
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<B>countersignature, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of countersigning. <DD><B> 2. </B>a signature added to another person's signature to confirm it. </DL>
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<B>countersink, </B>verb, <B>-sunk,</B> <B>-sinking,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to enlarge the upper part of (a hole) to make room for thehead of a screw or bolt. <DD><B> 2. </B>to sink the head of (a screw or bolt) into such a hole so that it is even with or below the surface. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a tool for countersinking holes. <DD><B> 2. </B>a countersunk hole. </DL>
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<B>counterspy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-spies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a spy who works to uncover or oppose the activities of enemy spies, often by posing as one of them. <BR> <I>Ex. The diplomat, the first secretary of the Soviet embassy, engaged in espionage for nearly two years with an Australian woman who in reality was an Australian counterspy (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>counterstroke, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a stroke or blow given in return. </DL>
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<B>countersubject, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a melody composed in counterpoint to the subject and, in fugue, beginning usually with the entry of the second voice with the answer. </DL>
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<B>countertenor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an adult male voice, often falsetto, that is higher than the tenor and lower than the soprano or treble. <DD><B> 2. </B>a singer who has such a voice. <DD><B> 3. </B>a part for such a voice. </DL>
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<B>counterterrorism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> terrorism in reaction to or retaliation for some previous act of terrorism. <BR> <I>Ex. There [was] a fear that Communist terrorism [would] provoke rightist counterterrorism (New York Times).</I> noun <B>counterterrorist.</B> </DL>
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<B>counterthrust, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thrust made in opposition or return. </DL>
<A NAME="countertype">
<B>countertype, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an opposite type; a logical opposite. <DD><B> 2. </B>a parallel type in another sphere; parallel. </DL>
<A NAME="countervail">
<B>countervail, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make up for; compensate; offset. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to avail against; have force or be of effect against; counteract. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) to be of equal force in opposition to. </DL>
<A NAME="counterview">
<B>counterview, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a view from opposite sides or in opposite directions. <DD><B> 2. </B>the position of two persons or things fronting each other. </DL>
<A NAME="counterviolence">
<B>counterviolence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> violence in reaction to or retaliation for some violent act. <BR> <I>Ex. The violence ... exemplified by lynchings and other unlawful injuries, has provoked counterviolence in many quarters (Earl Warren).</I> </DL>
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<B>counterweigh, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to act as a counterpoise or equivalent weight (with or against). <DD><I>v.t. </I> to counterbalance; counterpoise. </DL>
