counter

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

counters

1.
One who counts.
He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.
2.
A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
3.
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.
4.
A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
5.
(programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
6.
(Internet)A hit counter.
7.
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.
8.
A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
9.
In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
Đồng nghĩa: bench
10.
In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
Đồng nghĩa: bench
11.
(curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
12.
(historical)The prison attached to a city court; a compter.

Trạng từ

adverb

1.
(not comparable)Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
2.
(not comparable)In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.
a hound that runs counter

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

counters

V_ing/Gerund

countering

V_ed/pp

countered

1.
To contradict, oppose.
2.
(boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
3.
To take action in response to; to respond.
4.
(obsolete, transitive)To encounter.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Contrary or opposing
His carrying a knife was counter to my plan.
Đồng nghĩa: opposite, contrasted, opposed, adverse, antagonistic

prefix

1.
(morpheme)In opposition to.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

bench oppositecontrastedopposed adverse antagonisticbenchtop(grammar) measure wordanticontradisobin opposition to anti-, contra-, dis-, ob

Cùng gốc / liên quan

contra

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Nguồn gốc từ

Middle English countour, from Old French conteor (French comptoir), from computātōrium, from Latin computō, equivalent to count + -er. cantore computer kontor.