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
He went to the piano, began playing the melancholy leading motif and the two subsidiary themes, counterpointed them, ran into lofty crescendos, introduced variations, modulated and sang at the same time.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
