COUNTERPART

counterpart, similitude, twin

(noun) a duplicate copy

counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis

(noun) a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

counterpart (plural counterparts)

Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.

(legal) A duplicate of a legal document.

One which resembles another

One which has corresponding functions or characteristics.

(palaeontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.

Synonyms

• equivalent

• homolog

• opposite number

• pendant

Verb

counterpart (third-person singular simple present counterparts, present participle counterparting, simple past and past participle counterparted)

Counterbalance.

Source: Wiktionary


Coun"ter*part` (koun"tr-prt`), 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)

Definition: 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 suplements 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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