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counterpart Definition

counter·part (-pärt′)

noun

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

Etymology: ME countrepart: see counter- & part

counterpart Synonyms

counterpart

n.

analogue, complement, correlative, equivalent; see equal, match 2.

counterpart Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • non-smoke: A male 35-year-old smoker will pay 78 % more in life insurance premiums than his non-smoking counterpart.
  • have: The gods often had a counterpart of the opposite sex.

Preposition: in

  • rest: LGB people in Northern Ireland are more likely to have experienced harassment than their counterparts in the rest of UK and Ireland.
  • country: They save more for retirement than their counterparts in other leading European countries but lag behind those in North America, Australia and Japan.
  • sector: City organizations appear to lag behind counterparts in other sectors when it comes to exploiting technology to facilitate flexibility.

Adjective modifier

  • male: Within five years of leaving college women students can expect to be earning 15 % less than their male counterparts.
  • optical: No optical counterpart can be seen on the 2nd generation red Digital Sky Survey.
  • real-life: The class then filled individual charts trying to match the characters in the TV show with their real-life counterparts.
  • terrestrial: There is little money for development and consequently these cameras have lagged behind their terrestrial counterparts.
  • conventional: However, it is very different than its conventional currency counterparts.
  • continental: Moreover, for decades, we have been prone to far greater swings in the economic cycle than our continental counterparts.

Modifies a noun

  • lease: Out of the two copies of a lease the one that is signed by the tenant is called the counterpart lease.
  • fund: Data on the amount of program assistance and counterpart funds is lacking but an estimate suggests they have doubled over the past 15 years.
  • theory: Metaphysics is enriched by the addition of counterpart theory.

Noun used with modifier

  • offline: But, running an online business has many benefits over its offline counterpart.
  • console: Thankfully, the controls on the PSP are quite good compared to the console counterparts.
  • analog: The online researcher, thus, has an additional responsibility compared to their analog counterparts.
  • gasoline: Even in small capacity applications the latest diesels seem to work better than their gasoline counterparts.
  • X-ray: When a cluster of galaxies is the X-ray counterpart, radio emission from any cluster galaxy within the cluster is listed here.
  • adult: Through popular demand from parents, we have introduced a range that's comfortable and stylish with the same functionality as its adult counterpart.