counterpart
IPA: kˈaʊntɝpɑrt
noun
- Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
- (law) A duplicate of a legal document.
- One who or that which resembles another.
- One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
- (paleontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.
verb
- (transitive) To counterbalance.
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Examples of "counterpart" in Sentences
- She accesses a shortcut to achieving this goal when she meets her counterpart from a parallel Magical Kingdom, Princess Erika.
- And while some may gripe that he sometimes loses his soul when he achieves perfect happiness, his evil, soulless, counterpart is even more entertaining to watch.
- I am posted to be working with the local district hospital here in Banyo and my counterpart is the head nurse who is originally from the western part of Cameroon.
- My favorite thing about her is that when she first launched I always thought she was going to have a huge, successful, long career, while her label counterpart Rihanna was an annoying one-hit wonder.
- On Macs, The Boy Genius Report recommends iTuneMyWalkman for a similar experience to iTunes Agent, although that software actually looks more integrated and easier to manage than its Windows counterpart from the screenshots.
- Story: In New York City, an office building is violently jolted, leading the Fringe team to discover a lone survivor — well, technically, a pair of survivors, as the man in the wreckage has physically merged with his counterpart from the alternate reality.
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