counterpart

[ koun-ter-pahrt ]

/ ˈkaʊn tərˌpɑrt /

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noun

a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function: Our president is the counterpart of your prime minister.

a copy; duplicate.

Law. a duplicate or copy of an indenture.

one of two parts that fit, complete, or complement one another.

Nearby words

countermove, counteroffensive, counteroffer, counteropening, counterpane, counterpart, counterparty, counterparty risk, counterperson, counterphobic, counterpin

Origin of counterpart

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at counter-, part

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Examples from the Web for counterparts

But Secretary of State John Kerry has worked closely with his Turkish counterparts to reach an Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
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The CIA has conducted espionage operations inside Germany for decades without telling their counterparts.
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During that deployment, as an adviser, I met with Iraqi counterparts weekly, sometimes more.
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In January, French riot police were brought in to train their Brazilian counterparts.
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The armed forces of NATO members have also been working with their counterparts in the Russian military, on and off, for years.
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Darwin showed that various human gestures and facial expressions have their counterparts in monkeys.
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Their counterparts today are paid a monthly base rate of $592 and $800.
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This building and St. Peter's agree in general character: their towers are nearly the counterparts of each other.
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We are apt to look for the counterparts of them in the grammatical forms of common speech.
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They are the counterparts of the "decks" and "banks" in news headlines.
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British Dictionary definitions for counterparts

counterpart

/ (ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːt) /

noun

a person or thing identical to or closely resembling another

one of two parts that complement or correspond to each other

a person acting opposite another in a play

a duplicate, esp of a legal document; copy

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Word Origin and History for counterparts

counterpart

mid-15c., originally countre part "duplicate of a legal document," from Middle French contrepartie, from contre "facing, opposite" (see contra-) + partie "copy of a person or thing," originally fem. past participle of partir "to divide" (see party (n.)).

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