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counternoun [ C ]

uk​/ˈkaʊn.tər/us​/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ/

counter noun [ C ] (SURFACE)

B2 a long, flat, narrow surface or table in a shop, bank, restaurant, etc. at which people are served:

There was nobody behind/on the counter when I went into the bank, and I had to wait to be served.
You will find sausages on the meat counter/rolls on the bread counter.

mainly US UK usually worktop, work surface a kitchen counter :

We stacked the dirty plates on the kitchen counter.

More examples

  • He asked the man behind the counter to make up a box with a mixed selection of chocolates.
  • If you want to buy tickets, you need to go to the counter opposite.
  • The customs official beckoned the woman to his counter.
  • Will passengers waiting to board please go to the ticket counter?
  • Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Tables & desks

  • bedside table
  • bench
  • benchtop
  • bureau
  • card table
  • coffee table
  • desk
  • desktop
  • dressing table
  • drop-leaf table
  • high table
  • kitchen counter
  • leaf
  • lectern
  • table
  • trestle
  • trestle table
  • vanity
  • washstand
  • work surface

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counter noun [ C ] (OBJECT IN GAME)

C2 US also piece a small object used to mark someone's place in some games played on boards

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Board games

  • backgammon
  • bishop
  • blitz
  • board game
  • castle
  • Chinese chequers
  • Chutes and Ladders
  • defence
  • draught
  • endgame
  • forfeit
  • gambit
  • grandmaster
  • pawn
  • pin
  • queen
  • queenside
  • resign
  • rook
  • square

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counter noun [ C ] (DOING COUNTING)

a person or machine that counts

See also
Geiger counter

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Numbering & counting

  • absolute value
  • cash
  • cash up
  • count
  • count sth out
  • decimal
  • headcount
  • innumerate
  • modulus
  • number
  • number line
  • numerate
  • pagination
  • reckon
  • reckon sth in
  • recount 1
  • run
  • run into sth
  • standard form
  • tot sth up

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Idiom(s)

over the counter
under the counter

counterverb [ I or T ]

uk​/ˈkaʊn.tər/us​/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ/

to react to something with an opposing opinion or action, or to defend yourself against something:

After the government bombed their camp, the rebels countered with an attack on the capital.
When criticisms were made of the school's performance, the parents' group countered with details of its exam results.
Extra police have been moved into the area to counter the risk of violence.

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Answering & responding

  • acknowledgment
  • affirmative
  • and the same to you with (brass) knobs on idiom
  • answer back
  • back
  • counterattack
  • counterblast
  • fifth
  • get
  • get back to sb
  • give
  • rejoin
  • rejoinder
  • reply
  • respond
  • respondent
  • response
  • retort
  • thank you
  • unanswered

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counteradverb

uk​/ˈkaʊn.tər/us​/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ/

C2 in a way that opposes something:

Bob's decision not to take the job ran counter to his family's expectations.

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Opposing & against

  • against
  • anti
  • anti-
  • antithesis
  • boycott
  • bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
  • countervailing
  • defy
  • detractor
  • down with...! idiom
  • foam pie
  • gherao
  • go against sth/sb
  • objector
  • opponent
  • oppose
  • opposing
  • point of order
  • run against sb/sth
  • stand

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counter-prefix

uk​/kaʊn.tər-/us​/kaʊn.t̬ɚ-/

opposing or as a reaction to something:

a counterattack (= an attack on someone who has attacked you)

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Preventing and impeding

  • avert
  • avoid
  • avoidable
  • bar
  • be a drag on sb/sth idiom
  • block sth out
  • blot
  • bottleneck
  • derail
  • fireproof
  • hold out on sb
  • hold sb/sth back
  • holding pattern
  • impede
  • impedimenta
  • prevention is better than cure idiom
  • preventive
  • prohibit
  • pull
  • pull the rug from under sb's feet idiom

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counternoun [ C ]

us​/ˈkɑʊn·tər/

counter noun [ C ] (SURFACE)

a long, flat, narrow surface in a store, bank, restaurant, etc., at which people are served:

He sat down at the counter of the diner and ordered a cup of coffee.

A counter is also a flat surface in a kitchen on which food can be prepared.

counterverb [ I/T ]

us​/ˈkɑʊn·tər/

counter verb [ I/T ] (OPPOSE)

to react to something with an opposing opinion or action; to defend yourself against something:

[ T ] To counter the inaccuracies in the movie, researchers used computer models to project climate changes.

counteradverb [ not gradable ]

us​/ˈkɑʊn·tər/

counter adverb [ not gradable ] (BY OPPOSING)

in a way that opposes an opinion or action:

David’s decision to drop out of school to write plays ran counter to (= was directly opposite to) his parent’s expectations.

counternoun [ C ]

uk​/ˈkaʊntər/us​COMMERCE

the place where customers go to be served or to buy goods in a store:

Please pay at the counter.
You will find rolls on the bread counter.
the checkout counter
He serves behind the counter at the local deli.
across/over the counter

goods or services that are sold or available over the counter can be bought or obtained without needing official permission, for example, from a doctor or someone in authority:

Bonds are sold over the counter, with prices quoted privately to the client.
Regulators declined permission for the remedy to be sold over the counter.
under the counter

goods or services that are sold or available under the counter can be bought or obtained secretly and sometimes illegally:

Pirate DVDs are available under the counter in pubs and clubs everywhere.
under-the-counter deals

See also

bargaining chip
bean counter
over-the-counter
trade counter
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