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Synonyms for counterpart

Grammar : Noun
Spell : koun-ter-pahrt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkaʊn tərˌpɑrt

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Définition of counterpart

Origin :
  • 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.)).
  • noun match; identical part or thing
Example sentences :
  • She was the counterpart of her father; and Doctor Strong had been loved by other men.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The three-legged crow in the sun is the counterpart of the three-legged ram-toad in the moon.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • The line was, "I will accept nothing which all may not have their counterpart of on the same terms."
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • There is a second, I said, which is the counterpart of the one already named.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • This difference had to have its counterpart in the campaign.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • The trade union has its counterpart in what are termed the "upper classes."
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • There is no counterpart to this opening scene in Golding's Ovid.
  • Extract from : « Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) » by Dunstan Gale
  • Every thing went on in order; one day was the counterpart of another.
  • Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat
  • These have no counterpart in the whole literature of letters.
  • Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • The last was practically the counterpart of the mediæval English copyholder.
  • Extract from : « German Culture Past and Present » by Ernest Belfort Bax

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