Counter
WordNet
adjective
(1) Indicating opposition or resistance
adverb
(2) In the opposite direction
"Run counter"
noun
(3) A return punch (especially by a boxer)
(4) A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
(5) Table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
(6) A calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
(7) A piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
"A counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot"
(8) Game equipment used in various card or board games
(9) (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
(10) A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
"It brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
(11) A person who counts things
verb
(12) Speak in response
"He countered with some very persuasive arguments"
(13) Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
countour, from conteor (French comptoir), from computatorium, from computare.
Noun
- 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.
- Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- 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.
- One who counts, or reckons up; a reckoner.
- He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter - he can count to 100.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- The prison attached to a city court; a Counter.
- 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.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, whereon various food preparations take place.
- A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent.
- Something in contradiction or opposition to a proposal, suggestion, policy, etc.
- We believe that his proposal is counter to our well-established policy.
- A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- A hit counter.
Adverb
- Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
- "Running counter to all the rules of virtue." -Locks.
Noun
Verb
- To contradict, oppose.
- To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
- "His left hand countered provokingly." -C. Kingsley.
- To take action in response to; to respond.