Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - counter-
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Counter- is used to form words which refer to actions or activities that are intended to prevent other actions or activities or that respond to them. The army now appears to have launched a counter-offensive. ...the chief of counter-terrorist operations. ...a counter-demonstration by anti-war protesters... PREFIX
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prefix Etymology: Middle English contre-, from Anglo-French, from cuntre 1. a. contrary ; opposite counterclockwise countermarch b. opposing ; retaliatory counterforce counteroffensive 2. complementary ; corresponding counterweight counterpart 3. duplicate ; substitute counterfoil ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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comb. form denoting: 1 retaliation, opposition, or rivalry (counter-threat; counter-cheers). 2 opposite direction (counter-current). 3 correspondence, duplication, or substitution (counterpart; countersign). Etymology: from or after AF countre-, OF contre f. L contra against ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. образует слова со значением: 2. противоположное, обратное действие; средство или производитель такого действия counteract —- противодействовать counter-claim —- встречный иск countermand —- отменить counterplot —- контразаговор counter-program —- составлять телевизионную программу так, чтобы отвлечь зрителей от конкурирующей программы 3. нечто дополняющее counterbalance, counterweight —- противовес counterfoil —- корешок counterpoint —- контрапункт ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ prefix 1 the opposite of something (a counterproductive thing to do (=producing results opposite to what you wanted)) 2 matching something (my counterpart in the American system (=someone who has the same job as mine)) 3 done or given as a reaction to something, especially to oppose it (proposals and counter-proposals) 4 acting to prevent something (a counterinsurgency strategy (=to prevent insurgents)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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