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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "counter"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ, āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ

a table with a narrow horizontal surface over which goods are put or people are served
counter definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They placed their bags on the counter at the shop.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞāĨ¤
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āϗ⧁āϟāĻŋ, āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ

a small usually round object included in some board games to mark a player's place or score
counter definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Counters helped track resources in the strategy game.
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a device that records the number of times an event occurs

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A lap counter was used during the race.
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a sideboard or cabinet in a dining room with drawers and shelves

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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Antique counters often have intricate carvings.
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a punch delivered in response to an opponent's strike, especially in boxing

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He trained to improve his counters.
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a stiff piece of leather forming the back part of a shoe or boot

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Reinforcing the counter improves shoe durability.
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(in computers) a register or variable whose value progresses through a series of states, often consecutive integers

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Each loop incremented the counter.
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a quick, often witty or critical, response to a question or remark

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His counter silenced the opposition.
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a person who counts items or records numbers

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He worked as a counter in the warehouse.
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻšāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to do something to avoid or decrease the harmful or unpleasant effects of something
Transitive: to counter effects of something
to counter definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government implemented policies to counter the economic downturn.
āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻšāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to react to an aggressive statement or act, often by opposing or defending against it
Transitive: to counter an action or remark | to counter an action or remark with a response
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician countered the opposition ’s attacks with a strong rebuttal.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄāύ āϏāĻšāĨ¤
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expressing opposition or acting in resistance

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They took counter measures to prevent the disruption.
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in the direction opposite to a reference point or movement

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They walked counter along the path to avoid the crowd.
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ

used to describe something that opposes, reacts against, or provides a contrast to something else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They launched a counterattack to defend their territory.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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