counter
suomi-englanti sanakirjacounter englannista suomeksi
vastaliike, vastaisku
astiakaappi
laskuri
vasta-
päinvastaiseen suuntaan
vahvikevuori
pelimerkki
rekisteri
vastakaiku
vastata
tiski
laskija
Substantiivi
Verbi
counter englanniksi
One who counts.
(ux)
A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
(quote-journal)
An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
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 counter.
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.
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.
1590, (w), ''Christopher Bowman's Petition''
- He remaynes prisonner in the Counter in Woodstrete in the hole, by the contagiousing wherof he is lyke to perishe
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.
Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
(RQ:Locke Education)
- running counter to all the rules of virtue
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.
''a hound that runs counter''
2004, Bee Lavender, Maia Rossini, ''Mamaphonic: Balancing Motherhood and Other Creative Acts''
- She hated being pregnant; it ran counter to everything she wanted from her body
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet)
(RQ:Sandys Journey)
A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's 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).
1959, D. Salinger|J. D. Salinger, ''Seymour: An Introduction'':
- Seymour, sitting in an old corduroy armchair across the room, a cigarette going, wearing a blue shirt, gray slacks, moccasins with the counters broken down, a shaving cut on the side of his face (..)
(alternative form of) 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.
An encounter.
(RQ:Spenser Complaints)
- with kindly counter under mimic shade
To contradict, oppose.
To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
(RQ:Kingsley Two Years Ag)
- His left hand countered provokingly.
To take action in response to; to respond.
To encounter.
(syn)
1861, Anthony Trollope, ''Framley Parsonage''
- He could not compel Mrs. Proudie to say that the report was untrue; nor could he condescend to make counter hits at her about her own daughter, as his wife would have done.
a. 1865, (w), ''Mind in Form''
- Innumerable facts attesting the counter principle.
to (l); to take action in response to; to respond (q)
counter-attack, (l)
(form of)