counterpart
Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːt/
The English word “counterpart” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- Either of two parts that fit together or otherwise complement one another.
- A duplicate of a legal document.
- One who or that which resembles another.
- One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
- Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.
verb
- To counterbalance.
Etymology
From Middle English conterpart, countre parte (“duplicate of a legal document”), equivalent to counter- + part. Compare Old French contrepartie, itself from contre (“facing, opposite”) (from Latin contra (“against”)) + partie (“copy of a person or thing”) (originally past participle of partīre (“to divide”)).
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