counter
Definition of counter:
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part of speech: adjective
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part of speech: noun
He who or that which counts: that which indicates a number: a piece of metal, etc., used in reckoning: a table on which money is counted or goods laid.
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part of speech: noun
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part of speech: noun
One who; that which is used in reckoning numbers; a table on which money is counted or goods laid; an imitation of a piece of money.
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part of speech: noun
In music, the part immediately below the treble- formerly an under part serving as a contrast to a principal part.
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part of speech: adverb
Contrary; in opposition; the wrong way; another form of prefix contra, opposition or contrariety.
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part of speech: adverb
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Common misspellings:
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- couter (30.9%)
- contuer (0.7%)
- counte (2.5%)
- conter (23.0%)
- couner (5.8%)
- conuyer (0.7%)
- coiunter (0.7%)
- countr (1.8%)
- coumter (0.7%)
- coutner (21.6%)
- countor (1.4%)
- ounter (1.4%)
- ecounter (0.7%)
- cunter (0.7%)
- countert (0.7%)
- counder (0.4%)
- acounter (0.7%)
- couinter (1.4%)
- ocunter (0.7%)
- coounter (0.7%)
- coutnter (0.7%)
- coulter (0.4%)
- counteer (0.7%)
- cuntor (0.7%)
Usage examples for counter:
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When the Albanian saw that the counter round had gone by and the guards were sleeping, he took out the fire- box, and hid its light with his cape.
"The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc" – Joanot Martorell and Marti Johan d'Galba -
She removed her glove, walked around the end of the lunch counter and held out her hand.
"The Long Chance" – Peter B. Kyne -
The man had come right over to the counter
"Hunger" – Knut Hamsun
