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The definition of a counterpart is someone or something that is the equivalent to, or has the same features, functions and/or characteristics as someone or something else.

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An example of counterpart is when you fill the same role at your office as someone in a different branch office.

See counterpart in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person or thing that corresponds to or closely resembles another, as in form or function
a thing which, when added to another, completes or complements it
a copy or duplicate, as of a lease

Origin: ME countrepart: see counter- & part

See counterpart in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. One that closely resembles another.
b. One that has the same functions and characteristics as another; a corresponding person or thing: Their foreign minister is the counterpart of our secretary of state.
A copy or duplicate of a legal paper.
a. One of two parts that fit and complete each other.
b. One that serves as a complement.

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