counterpoint
noun
the art of combining melodies.
counterpointed
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past participleof counterpoint.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof counterpoint.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
counterpointnounthe art of combining melodies.
Example Sentences
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“Tenet” is Nolan’s densely science-fictional take on the James Bond thriller, but essentially it’s about entropy and reverse entropy and a series of jaw-dropping action sequences that take place in that counterpointed slipstream of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2021
This doesn’t always work in a trio setting, where there’s little melody to be counterpointed, but it’s quite powerful in Halvorson’s new octet.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2017
Eventually another woman peels away from the rolling group and counterpointed versions of the earlier material begin.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2011
A glass of Château La Noë 2007 Muscadet counterpointed the meaty oysters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2010
Autograph in A.— 'Standard rhythm opened and counterpointed.
From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Robert Seymour Bridges
