About The Word Counterpart
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Counterpart
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What's The Definition Of Counterpart?
[n] a duplicate copy
[n] a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another Synonyms | Synonyms for Counterpart: opposite number | similitude | twin | vis-a-vis Related Terms | Find terms related to Counterpart: ally | alter ego | analogon | analogue | associate | brother | clone | close copy | close match | coequal | cognate | companion | compeer | complement | congenator | congener | coordinate | correlate | correlative | correspondent | ditto | double | dupe | duplicate | duplication | each other | equal | equipollent | equivalent | facsimile | fellow | image | kindred spirit | like | likeness | match | mate | model | near duplicate | obverse | one another | opposite number | parallel | peer | pendant | picture | quadruplicate | reciprocal | reciprocatist | reciprocator | repetition | replica | replication | representation | reproduction | rival | second self | similitude | simulacrum | sister | soul mate | such | suchlike | tally | the like of | the likes of | triplicate | twin | vis-a-vis See Also | complement | duplicate | duplication | equivalent | match Counterpart In Webster's Dictionary \Coun"ter*part`\ (koun"t?r-p?rt`), n.
1. A part corresponding to another part; anything which
answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate;
a facsimile.
In same things the laws of Normandy agreed with the
laws of England, so that they seem to be, as it
were, copies or counterparts one of another. --Sir
M. Hale.
2. (Law) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a
duplicate.
3. A person who closely resembles another.
4. A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit
perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing
which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements
it; that which serves to complete or complement anything;
hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in
another; an opposite.
O counterpart Of our soft sex, well are you made our
lords. --Dryden.
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