Counterpart
noun
A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another.
A counterpart of a manager in another department.
Often appears as...
- female counterpart
- male counterpart
noun
The other copy of a legal document.
He kept the counterpart of the contract.
Often appears as...
- contractual counterpart
- legal counterpart
noun
A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another.
A counterpart of a manager in another department.
Often appears as...
- female counterpart
- male counterpart
noun
The other copy of a legal document.
He kept the counterpart of the contract.
Often appears as...
- contractual counterpart
- legal counterpart
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Functional Similarity
Refers to someone or something that serves a similar role or purpose.
He was my counterpart at the partner company, handling similar projects.
Pro Tip 2/3Across Contexts
Can be used in various fields, from business to sports, to describe equivalent roles.
The foreign minister met with his American counterpart.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Necessarily Equal
Doesn't imply equality in status or power, just a similar function.
A teaching assistant is the counterpart to a teacher, not the equal.
Pro Tip 1/3Functional Similarity
Refers to someone or something that serves a similar role or purpose.
He was my counterpart at the partner company, handling similar projects.
Pro Tip 2/3Across Contexts
Can be used in various fields, from business to sports, to describe equivalent roles.
The foreign minister met with his American counterpart.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Necessarily Equal
Doesn't imply equality in status or power, just a similar function.
A teaching assistant is the counterpart to a teacher, not the equal.
Pro Tip 1/3Functional Similarity
Refers to someone or something that serves a similar role or purpose.
He was my counterpart at the partner company, handling similar projects.
Pro Tip 2/3Across Contexts
Can be used in various fields, from business to sports, to describe equivalent roles.
The foreign minister met with his American counterpart.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Necessarily Equal
Doesn't imply equality in status or power, just a similar function.
A teaching assistant is the counterpart to a teacher, not the equal.
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Discovering Wildlife in...
unlike their rural counterparts, These foxes have actually started to change. Their noses are getting a bit shorter to adapt to their more urban lifestyles of scavenging. And that's not all. Their skulls are actually changing shape in a way that could mean their brains are getting smaller.
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The artificial muscles...
Unlike their traditional rigid counterparts, soft life-like robots will safely operate near people and help us at home. Soft robotics is a very young field. We're just getting started. I hope that many young people from many different backgrounds join us on this exciting journey
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Can a black hole be...
while its counterpart falls in. It would then annihilate another oppositely charged particle within the event horizon of the black hole, reducing the black hole’s mass. Meanwhile, to an outside observer, it would look like the black hole had emitted the escaped particle.
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The meaning of life...
to study at university, and write memoirs, fiction and philosophy. But the risks she was taking by embracing this lifestyle were lost on many of her male counterparts, who took these freedoms for granted. They had no intellectual interest in de Beauvoir’s work,
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How science fiction can...
We may think our modern technology and advanced data analysis techniques might allow us to predict the future with much more accuracy than our 19th century counterpart, and rightly so. However, it's also true that our technological progress
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How to have better...
And the good side of that is that we can be a part of the solution. So what are we going to do? What can we do to chip away at polarization in everyday life? What could we do to connect with and communicate with our political counterparts?
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The human skills we need...
a whole week where each employee has to look for really clever, helpful, imaginative things that a counterpart does, call it out and celebrate it. It takes a huge amount of time and effort; lots of people would call it distracting.
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Uncovering a radical...
solar panels could cost less than half of their silicon counterparts to put this in context less than half a cup of the ink would make enough profit solar panels to power an average home and a
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Julia Dhar: How to have...
asking your counterpart to articulate what kind of neighborhood, country, world, community, they want a year from now, a decade from now. It is very tempting to dwell in present tensions
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Gaboon Adder vs. Rat PIPE...
snake in the world two inches long and capable of flicking open like switchblades to draw the rat into your body like a lot of your serpentine counterparts you unhinge your
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
unlike their rural counterparts, These foxes have actually started to change. Their noses are getting a bit shorter to adapt to their more urban lifestyles of scavenging. And that's not all. Their skulls are actually changing shape in a way that could mean their brains are getting smaller.
Video examples
The artificial muscles...
Unlike their traditional rigid counterparts, soft life-like robots will safely operate near people and help us at home. Soft robotics is a very young field. We're just getting started. I hope that many young people from many different backgrounds join us on this exciting journey
Video examples
Can a black hole be...
while its counterpart falls in. It would then annihilate another oppositely charged particle within the event horizon of the black hole, reducing the black hole’s mass. Meanwhile, to an outside observer, it would look like the black hole had emitted the escaped particle.
Video examples
The meaning of life...
to study at university, and write memoirs, fiction and philosophy. But the risks she was taking by embracing this lifestyle were lost on many of her male counterparts, who took these freedoms for granted. They had no intellectual interest in de Beauvoir’s work,
Video examples
How science fiction can...
We may think our modern technology and advanced data analysis techniques might allow us to predict the future with much more accuracy than our 19th century counterpart, and rightly so. However, it's also true that our technological progress
Video examples
How to have better...
And the good side of that is that we can be a part of the solution. So what are we going to do? What can we do to chip away at polarization in everyday life? What could we do to connect with and communicate with our political counterparts?
Video examples
The human skills we need...
a whole week where each employee has to look for really clever, helpful, imaginative things that a counterpart does, call it out and celebrate it. It takes a huge amount of time and effort; lots of people would call it distracting.
Video examples
Uncovering a radical...
solar panels could cost less than half of their silicon counterparts to put this in context less than half a cup of the ink would make enough profit solar panels to power an average home and a
Video examples
Julia Dhar: How to have...
asking your counterpart to articulate what kind of neighborhood, country, world, community, they want a year from now, a decade from now. It is very tempting to dwell in present tensions
Video examples
Gaboon Adder vs. Rat PIPE...
snake in the world two inches long and capable of flicking open like switchblades to draw the rat into your body like a lot of your serpentine counterparts you unhinge your
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Georg Stanford Brown
Cuban Actor
One of the things about being a minority actor is that you don't have that opportunity as some of your counterparts to keep that flow, to constantly be going from one thing to the other, so when you see really great performances out there by some black folks, you know it's coming from somewhere deep, because they just don't work as much.
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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
American Scientist
We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong exclusively in the home; that a woman should not aspire to achieve more than her male counterparts and, particularly, not more than her husband.
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Sharon Kay Penman
American Novelist
Whenever I've had to tamper with history for plot purposes, I make sure to mention that in my author's note, and I try to keep such tampering to a bare minimum. I also attempt to keep my characters true to their historical counterparts. This is not always possible, of course.
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Hassan Rouhani
Iranian Leader
A constructive approach to diplomacy doesn't mean relinquishing one's rights. It means engaging with one's counterparts, on the basis of equal footing and mutual respect, to address shared concerns and achieve shared objectives.
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Magnus Larsson
Swedish Athlete
Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity. As opposed to many of its contemporary counterparts, Dune'is not so much focused on the styling of that activity, as on the supporting of it.
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Samina Baig
Pakistani Athlete
I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.
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John Tyndall
English Physicist
The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proven to have their counterparts in the world of fact.
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Jurnee Smollett-Bell
American Actress
It's not very exciting to go to work to just have your character's identity being defined by her relationship with her male counterparts.
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John Barnes
If you are black then you have to be better than your white counterpart to be equal. That's life.
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Stacy Martin
I have never been paid equally to my male counterparts, and it's mainly because of bankability.
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Georg Stanford Brown
Cuban Actor
One of the things about being a minority actor is that you don't have that opportunity as some of your counterparts to keep that flow, to constantly be going from one thing to the other, so when you see really great performances out there by some black folks, you know it's coming from somewhere deep, because they just don't work as much.
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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
American Scientist
We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong exclusively in the home; that a woman should not aspire to achieve more than her male counterparts and, particularly, not more than her husband.
Quote examples
Sharon Kay Penman
American Novelist
Whenever I've had to tamper with history for plot purposes, I make sure to mention that in my author's note, and I try to keep such tampering to a bare minimum. I also attempt to keep my characters true to their historical counterparts. This is not always possible, of course.
Quote examples
Hassan Rouhani
Iranian Leader
A constructive approach to diplomacy doesn't mean relinquishing one's rights. It means engaging with one's counterparts, on the basis of equal footing and mutual respect, to address shared concerns and achieve shared objectives.
Quote examples
Magnus Larsson
Swedish Athlete
Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity. As opposed to many of its contemporary counterparts, Dune'is not so much focused on the styling of that activity, as on the supporting of it.
Quote examples
Samina Baig
Pakistani Athlete
I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.
Quote examples
John Tyndall
English Physicist
The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proven to have their counterparts in the world of fact.
Quote examples
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
American Actress
It's not very exciting to go to work to just have your character's identity being defined by her relationship with her male counterparts.
Quote examples
John Barnes
If you are black then you have to be better than your white counterpart to be equal. That's life.
Quote examples
Stacy Martin
I have never been paid equally to my male counterparts, and it's mainly because of bankability.
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