COUNTER-


Meaning of COUNTER- in English

■ prefix denoting opposition, retaliation, or rivalry: ~attack.

↘denoting movement or effect in the opposite direction: counterpoise.

↘denoting correspondence, duplication, or substitution: counterpart.

Origin

from Anglo-Norman Fr. countre- , OFr. contre , from L. contra 'against'.

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