(adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
(v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
(v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
(v. t.) Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
(v. t.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
(v. t.) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
(v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
(adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
(adv.) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
(adv.) At or against the front or face.
(a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
(adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
(adv.) Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
(adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
(adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.
(n.) An encounter.
(v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
Example Sentences:
(1) We analyzed the amounts and types of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) from peripheral blood lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes isolated by counter-current elutriation.
(2) It is widely seen as a counter to China’s economic might in Asia, and the world’s second largest economy is notably absent from the list of signatories.
(3) "With the advent of sophisticated data-processing capabilities (including big data), the big number-crunchers can detect, model and counter all manner of online activities just by detecting the behavioural patterns they see in the data and adjusting their tactics accordingly.
(4) I believe that truth sets man free.” It was a curious stance for someone who spent many years undercover as a counter-espionage informant, a government propagandist, and unofficial asset of the Central Intelligence Agency.
(5) Examination was by means of counter immunoelectrophoresis, radioimmunoassay and electron microscope with negative staining.
(6) This study sought to determine if and why barriers to the over-the-counter purchase of syringes in the St. Louis metropolitan area might exist, given that no ordinance prohibits such a sale there.
(7) But leading British doctors Sarah Creighton , consultant gynaecologist at the private Portland Hospital, Susan Bewley , consultant obstetrician at St Thomas's and Lih-Mei Liao , clinical psychologist in women's health at University College Hospital then wrote to the journal countering that his clitoral restoration claims were "anatomically impossible".
(8) These results provide further data which counter the sometimes extreme advocates of the view that compulsory admission and treatment of patients with psychiatric illness is never acceptable.
(9) Republicans embraced it as a counter to federal school initiatives.
(10) The effect was countered by prior administration of atropine into the site.
(11) Last month following a visit to Islamabad Ben Emmerson QC, the UN's special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, said he had been given assurances that there was no "tacit consent by Pakistan to the use of drones on its territory".
(12) It could be evaluated both by a plaquing technique and by cell enumeration with an electronic particle counter.
(13) In 25 patients we evaluated the efficacy of the prone position to counter these technical difficulties and found that the prone position offers visualization superior to the supine, especially in obese and uncooperative patients and those with abundant bowel gas.
(14) Alteration in the temperature of the Isoton diluent in a Coulter model S counter over a range of possible laboratory working temperatures produced a change in the mean corpuscular volume using EDTA and dipotassium acid citrate dextrose blood and a commercial control, 4C.
(15) The lower values of the histological score and the possibly lower peripheral plasma concentration of testosterone after the arterial by-pass may indicate a physiological importance of the counter current exchange.
(16) The effects of maxillary protracting bow appliance were the maxillary forward movement associated with counter-clockwise rotation of the nasal floor and the mandibular backward movement associated with clockwise rotation.
(17) We develop an analogy between the steric hindrance among receptors detecting randomly placed haptens and the temporary locking of a Geiger counter that has detected a radioactive decay.
(18) The human intercellular adhesion molecules ICAM-1, ICAM-2 and their counter-receptors, the beta 2 or leukointegrins, mediate a variety of homotypic and heterotypic leukocyte and endothelial cell-cell adhesions central to immunocompetence.
(19) A simple equilibrium method for detecting and quantifying these interactions is to study the mutual influence of the molecules on their respective counter-current distribution in liquid-liquid biphasic systems.
(20) More than 200 American troops are in the country helping to train the army in counter-insurgency, but there are also said to be intelligence and special forces there.
Counterpunch
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) For long periods Argentina had been stifled by a fine counterpunching opposition, but it would be a little hasty to fret too much about them after this performance.
(2) I can’t see him compromising on this … I think in the final months of the Obama administration we could see some very assertive, destabilising actions by China.” Nick Bisley, an international relations professor from La Trobe University in Melbourne, said that for all China’s frustration at the ruling he believed a military “counterpunch” was unlikely.
(3) Trump said that he was “a counterpuncher” and insisted “I was getting along with him and then he attacks me about nothing”.
(4) Labour offers counterpunch to Daily Telegraph business letter Read more After drawing lots, the leader of the Green party, Natalie Bennett , will be the first to speak.
(5) Mayweather's fast hands though are still landing counterpunch jabs.
(6) 2002 Counterpunch article On his writing room's bookshelves: "Most of them, however, are filled with the foreign editions of my books.
(7) 3.38am BST Heat 57-58 Spurs, 9:34 remaining, third quarter Miami counterpunches with a Wade basket, a Lewis three and a Wade three-pointer and it's a one-point game again.
(8) 3.38am BST Spurs 71-56 Heat, 11:14 left, 3rd quarter Okay, that the Heat counterpunching.
(9) Voters allow politicians who are counterpunching far more leeway than they do those who throw the first punch.
(10) As Roach said while Khan was undergoing routine checks in hospital: "The plan was to counterpunch, use the jab, but Mr Garcia got under his skin, and his heart got in the way.
(11) Guardian unofficial scorecard: Matthysse 9-10 Garcia 4.26am BST Matthysse vs Garcia: Round three Matthysse throwing some early left hook but none connect effectively and it leaves him open to Garcia counterpunches.
(12) All eyes on Trump as Republican debate nears, but Fox will be the real winner Read more In remarks that underscored the risks of attacking the maverick real-estate mogul too aggressively, Trump also warned that he would “counterpunch” just as hard if his opponents chose to make the debate in Cleveland personal.
(13) Further political or military pressure from the US – which Beijing has accused of masterminding the case against its claims in the South China Sea – would lead the Chinese people to “firmly support our government to launch a tit-for-tat counterpunch”, it warned .