Advanced English Word of the Day
counterpartDefinitions
| English > English | |
| counterpart | |
| 1. n. Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another. |  |
| Those brass knobs and their hollow counterparts interlock perfectly | |
| 2. n. (legal) A duplicate of a legal document. | |
| 3. n. One which resembles another | |
| 4. n. One which has corresponding functions or characteristics. | |
| 5. n. (palaeontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil. | |
| 6. v. Counterbalance. | |
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