counterpart
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- noun
- /ˈkaʊntərˌpɑrt/
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homólogo
- Israeli social workers could show their UK counterparts a thing or two about radical industrial relations.
- an American counterpart
- a Spanish counterpart
- a Western counterpart
I was, you know, and my male counterparts had guns pulled on them.
- I was, you know, and my male counterparts had guns pulled on them.
- Too risky for our counterparts in China.
- But for faith, instead, we're going to see joy as being the counterpart to that.
- So what interested you in the Roman counterpart?
- I mean, her counterpart, Nick Griffin, actually denies being a fascist.
- It's very important to buddy up with people and and exchange information with counterparts.
- They sounded now their their British counterparts shot and killed no one.
- And here we see a precise counterpart here, OK.
Examples
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Our findings also indicated that female students are more engaged than their male counterparts.
Academic text (2011) -
Other Greek gods became the basis for their Roman counterparts as well.
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And we discovered their human counterparts are amazing.
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The planets are on her side and she has a very powerful female counterpart.
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What we want to know is this, where are their male counterparts?
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Further, public school males are as active as their private school counterparts during free time.
Academic text (2011) -
Prudence is the human counterpart of Providence.
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"Dmitriy, your help was extraordinary," Talbot told his Russian counterpart at the other end of the table.
Fiction book (1991) -
Palestinian security officers, who until then had worked closely with their Israeli counterparts, turned their weapons on the Israelis.
Academic text (2011) -
Public school students are often compared to their private school counterparts in terms of academic performance.
Synonyms
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A thing with the same value, role or meaning as another
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A similarity between two things or events
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A person or thing similar to another in what it does
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A person who has the same job in another company or country
A person or thing that has the same role as another
A person or organization in one place that has the same job in another place
How Similar
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Counterpart comes from two simple parts: counter meaning 'opposite' or 'on the other side' and part meaning 'role' or 'piece'. So a counterpart is someone who has the same role or function in a different place, the 'same part' on the other side.