counter.
One who counts.
Meaning & usage
One who counts.
He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.
A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.
A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
A hit counter.
A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till.
A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
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.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English countour, from Old French conteor (French comptoir), from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō, equivalent to count + -er. Doublet of cantore, computer, and kontor.
Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.
Where this word comes from
From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.
Something opposite or contrary to something else.
A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent.
The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
An encounter.
counterattack
Where this word comes from
From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.
To contradict, oppose.
To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
To take action in response to; to respond.
To encounter.
Where this word comes from
From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.
Contrary or opposing
His carrying a knife was counter to my plan.
Where this word comes from
From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.
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