counterpart
/ˈkaʊntɚˌpɑɹt/ verb C2- To counterbalance.
He/she/it counterparts · Past counterparted · Past participle counterparted · -ing form counterparting
Verb forms
- Base form
- counterpart
- He/she/it
- counterparts
- Past
- counterparted
- Past participle
- counterparted
- -ing form
- counterparting
From the library
Everyone knows the history of the famous return from Elba, a return which was unprecedented in the past, and will probably remain without a counterpart in the future.
The entertainment of dining at Rosings was repeated about twice a week; and, allowing for the loss of Sir William, and there being only one card-table in the evening, every such entertainment was the counterpart of the first.
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