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Definition of "counter-" [coun•ter-]
- Contrary; opposite; opposing: counterclaim. (prefix)
- Corresponding; complementary: counterfoil. (prefix)
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Use "counter-" in a sentence
- "Further, the HKMA recently asked banks to set aside more funds for what it called "counter- cyclical" measures."
- "Yemen is home to a well-organized and entrenched branch of al Qaeda, which has made allies such as the U.S. and Saudi Arabia wary of abandoning President Saleh and some of his relatives, who head the counter- terrorism forces."
- "Lowell's "canals" meanwhile inspired both the gentle allegories of Ray Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles" (1950) and C.S. Lewis's counter- Wellsian fable, "Out of the Silent Planet" (1938)."
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