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counter

counter (third-person singular simple present counters, present participle countering, simple past and past participle countered)

1. To contradict, oppose.
2. (boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
   • ""His left hand countered provokingly."" -C. Kingsley.
3. To take action in response to; to respond.

counter (plural counters)

1. 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.

2. (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponents stones.
3. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.

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

4. One who counts, or reckons up; a reckoner.

   Hes only 16 months, but is already a good counter - he can count to 100.

5. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
6. (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a Counter.
7. (grammar) 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.
8. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, whereon various food preparations take place.
9. (wrestling) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by ones opponent.

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

10. Something in contradiction or opposition to a proposal, suggestion, policy, etc.

    We believe that his proposal is counter to our well-established policy.

11. (computing, programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
12. (computing, Internet) A hit counter.

counter (not comparable)

1. Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic.

   His carrying a knife was counter to my plan.

counter (not comparable)

1. Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.

   ""Running counter to all the rules of virtue."" -Locks.

	contatore
	object used in counting
	computing: variable etc. for keeping count
	A program that is used on a Web page to count the number of people that have visited that site.

	bancone
	table or board on which business is transacted

	contraddire
	to contradict, oppose

	contrastare
	to take action in response to

	contro
	contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction

banco

bar

calcolatore

cassa

contrapporre

contrario

gettone

numeratore

opposto

replicare

sportello

Altri significati:

One who counts, or reckons up; a reckoner.

An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.

telltale

over-the-counter (financial)

counter (in shop)

A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.

(wrestling) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.

To contradict, oppose.

Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic.

Word (or morpheme) that is used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns. Most are tied to a semantic class, such as "animals" or "long things". They are used in most East Asian languages, plus Bengali, as well as many Indigenous languages of the Americas near the Pacific coast.

(grammar) 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.

one who counts

(computing, Internet) A hit counter.

surface for food preparation

(nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline.

(curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.

Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.

A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

counter(F)

The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).

(boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.

(historical) The prison attached to a city court; a Counter.

To take action in response to; to respond.

(computing, programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.

Something in contradiction or opposition to a proposal, suggestion, policy, etc.

wrestling: proactive defence

In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, whereon various food preparations take place.

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