English-Thai Dictionary

counter-

PRF ต้าน  contra tan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUNTER-ATTRACTION

n.[counter and attraction. ] Opposite attraction.

 

COUNTER-EVIDENCE

n.[counter and evidence. ] Opposite evidence; evidence or testimony which opposes other evidence.

 

COUNTER-INFLUENCE

v.t.To hinder by opposing influence. [Little used. ]

 

COUNTER-MOTION

n.[counter and motion. ] An opposite motion; a motion counteracting another.

 

COUNTER-MOVEMENT

n.A movement in opposition to another.

 

COUNTER-NATURAL

a.[counter and natural. ] Contrary to nature.

 

COUNTER-NEGOTIATION

n.[counter and negotiation. ] Negotiation in opposition to other negotiation.

 

COUNTER-OPENING

n.[counter and opening. ] An aperture or vent on the opposite side, or in a different place.

 

COUNTER-PETITION

n.A petition in opposition to another.

 

COUNTER-REVOLUTION

n.A revolution opposed to a former one, and restoring a former state of things.

 

COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY

a.Pertaining to a counter-revolution.

 

COUNTER-REVOLUTIONIST

n.One engaged in or befriending a conter-revolution.

 

COUNTER-SALIANT

a.In heraldry, is when two beasts are borne in a coat leaping from each other.

 

COUNTER-SECURE

v.t.[counter and secure. ] To secure one who has given security.

 

COUNTER-SECURITY

n.Security given to one who has entered into bonds or become surety for another.

 

COUNTER-SURETY

n.A counterbond, or a surety to secure one that has given security.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COUNTER-COMPONY

COUNTER-COMPONY Coun "ter-com *po `ny (-km-p `n ), a. (Her. )

 

Defn: See Compony.

 

COUNTER-COUCHANT

COUNTER-COUCHANT Coun "ter-couch `ant (koun "tr-kouch "ant ), a. (Her. )

 

Defn: Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.

 

COUNTER-COURANT

COUNTER-COURANT Coun "ter-cou *rant " (-k-rnt "), a. (Her. )

 

Defn: Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.

 

COUNTER-PALY

Coun "ter-pa `ly (-p `l ), a. Etym: [F. contre-palé.] (Her. )

 

Defn: Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure.

 

COUNTER-ROLL

Coun "ter-roll ` (-rl `), n. Etym: [Cf. Control. ] (O. Eng. Law )

 

Defn: A duplicate roll (record or account ) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll. Burrill.

 

Note: As a verb this word is contracted into control. See Control.

 

COUNTER-SALIENT

COUNTER-SALIENT Coun `ter-sa "li *ent (-s "l-ent or -sl "yent; 1 6 ), a. (Her. )

 

Defn: Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

counter-

coun ter- |ˈkaʊntə | ▶prefix denoting opposition, retaliation, or rivalry: counterattack | counterespionage. • denoting movement or effect in the opposite direction: counterbalance | counterpoise. • denoting correspondence, duplication, or substitution: counterpart | counterpoint. ORIGIN from Anglo-Norman French countre-, Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against. ’

 

counter-attraction

counter-attrac ¦tion |ˈkaʊnt (ə )rətrakʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a rival attraction: it is a pity that this book may not triumph over the counter-attractions on the booksellers' shelves.

 

counter-jumper

counter-jumper ▶noun informal, derogatory a shop assistant.

 

Counter-Reformation

Coun ter-Ref or ma tion the reform of the Church of Rome in the 16th and 17th centuries that was stimulated by the Protestant Reformation. Measures to oppose the spread of the Reformation were decided on at the Council of Trent (1545 –63 ), and the Jesuit order became the spearhead of the Counter-Reformation, both within Europe and abroad. Although most of northern Europe remained Protestant, southern Germany and Poland were brought back to the Roman Catholic Church.

 

Oxford Dictionary

counter-

counter- |ˈkaʊntə | ▶prefix denoting opposition, retaliation, or rivalry: counter-attack | counter-espionage. • denoting movement or effect in the opposite direction: counterpoise. • denoting correspondence, duplication, or substitution: counterpart. ORIGIN from Anglo-Norman French countre-, Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against ’.

 

counter-attack

counter-attack ▶noun an attack made in response to one by an opponent. ▶verb [ no obj. ] attack in response: as deputies tried to dislodge him, he counter-attacked by forcing through elections. DERIVATIVES counter-attacker noun

 

counter-attraction

counter-attrac ¦tion |ˈkaʊnt (ə )rətrakʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a rival attraction: it is a pity that this book may not triumph over the counter-attractions on the booksellers' shelves.

 

counter-conditioning

counter-condition ¦ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] a technique employed in animal training and the treatment of phobias and similar conditions in humans, in which behaviour incompatible with a habitual undesirable pattern is induced. Compare with deconditioning.

 

counter-espionage

counter-espion ¦age ▶noun [ mass noun ] activities designed to prevent or thwart spying by an enemy.

 

counter-insurgency

counter-insurgency ▶noun [ mass noun ] military or political action taken against the activities of guerrillas or revolutionaries: [ as modifier ] : a counter-insurgency force.

 

counter-intelligence

counter-intelli ¦gence ▶noun another term for counter-espionage.

 

counter-intuitive

counter-intuitive ▶adjective contrary to intuition or to common-sense expectation. DERIVATIVES counter-intuitively adverb

 

counter-jumper

counter-jumper ▶noun informal, derogatory a shop assistant.

 

counter-offer

counter-offer ▶noun an offer made in response to another.

 

Counter-Reformation

Counter-Reform ¦ation the reform of the Church of Rome in the 16th and 17th centuries which was stimulated by the Protestant Reformation. Measures to oppose the spread of the Reformation were resolved on at the Council of Trent (1545 –63 ) and the Jesuit order became the spearhead of the Counter-Reformation, both within Europe and abroad. Although most of northern Europe remained Protestant, southern Germany and Poland were brought back to the Roman Catholic Church.

 

counter-revolution

counter-revolu ¦tion ▶noun a revolution opposing a former one or reversing its results. DERIVATIVES counter-revolutionary adjective & noun

 

Duden Dictionary

Counter-Display

Coun ter-Dis play , Coun ter dis play Substantiv, Neutrum Werbesprache , das Counterdisplay |…dɪspleɪ …dɪspleɪ |das Counter-Display; Genitiv: des Counter-Displays, Plural: die Counter-Displays das Counterdisplay; Genitiv: des Counterdisplays, Plural: die Counterdisplays bildliche Darstellung einer Ware für den Ladentisch als Thekenaufsteller

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

counter-

c ó un ter- 接頭辞 〖動詞 名詞 形容詞 副詞 に付けて 〗1 反, 反対 (の )▸ counter act …を和らげる .2 対応 [相当 ](する )▸ counter part 対応するもの .3 仕返し, 返報 (の ).4 妨害する [の ], 防止する [の ].