council | (noun) a meeting of people for consultation | - |
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(noun) a body serving in an administrative capacity | - |
(noun) (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine | - |
councillor | (noun) a member of a council | Synonyms: council member |
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councillorship | (noun) the position of council member | Synonyms: councilorship |
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councilman | (noun) a man who is a council member | - |
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councilorship | (noun) the position of council member | Synonyms: councillorship |
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councilwoman | (noun) a woman who is a council member | - |
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counsel | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counseling, counselling, direction, guidance |
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(noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: advocate, counsellor, counselor-at-law, counselor, pleader |
(verb) give advice to | Synonyms: advise, rede |
counseling | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counselling, direction, guidance |
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counselling | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counseling, direction, guidance |
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counsellor | (noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: advocate, counsel, counselor-at-law, counselor, pleader |
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(noun) someone who gives advice about problems | Synonyms: counselor |
(noun) someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp | Synonyms: counselor |
counsellorship | (noun) the position of counselor | Synonyms: counselorship |
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counselor | (noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader |
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(noun) someone who gives advice about problems | Synonyms: counsellor |
(noun) someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp | Synonyms: counsellor |
counselorship | (noun) the position of counselor | Synonyms: counsellorship |
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count | (noun) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | Synonyms: counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally |
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(noun) a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl | - |
(noun) the total number counted | - |
(verb) include as if by counting | - |
(verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
(verb) take account of | Synonyms: reckon |
(verb) determine the number or amount of | Synonyms: enumerate, number, numerate |
(verb) name or recite the numbers in ascending order | - |
(verb) show consideration for; take into account | Synonyms: consider, weigh |
(verb) have weight; have import, carry weight | Synonyms: matter, weigh |
(verb) put into a group | Synonyms: number |
(verb) have a certain value or carry a certain weight | - |
countable | (adjective) that can be counted | Synonyms: denumerable, enumerable, numerable |
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countdown | (noun) counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle) | - |
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countenance | (noun) the appearance conveyed by a person's face | Synonyms: visage |
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(noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
(noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction, warrant |
(verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, let, permit |
counter | (adjective) indicating opposition or resistance | Synonyms: antagonistic |
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(noun) a return punch (especially by a boxer) | Synonyms: counterpunch, parry |
(noun) table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted | - |
(noun) a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens | Synonyms: tabulator |
(noun) a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot | Synonyms: heel counter |
(noun) game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games | - |
(noun) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers | Synonyms: buffet, sideboard |
(noun) (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) | - |
(noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | Synonyms: comeback, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte |
(noun) a person who counts things | - |
(adverb) in the opposite direction | - |
(verb) speak in response | - |
(verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, foresee, forestall |
counteract | (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, antagonize |
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(verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
(verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: countercheck |
(verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counterbalance, countervail, neutralize |
counteraction | (noun) action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action | Synonyms: neutralisation, neutralization |
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counteractive | (adjective) opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action | - |
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counteractively | (adverb) in a counteractive manner | - |
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counterargument | (noun) an argument offered in opposition to another argument | - |
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counterattack | (noun) an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. | Synonyms: countermove |
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(noun) (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board | Synonyms: counterplay |
(verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterstrike |
counterattraction | (noun) a rival attraction | - |
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counterbalance | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer |
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(noun) a compensating equivalent | Synonyms: offset |
(noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, equilibrium, equipoise |
(verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, countervail, neutralize |
(verb) contrast with equal weight or force | Synonyms: oppose |
(verb) adjust for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, even off, even out, even up, make up |
counterbalanced | (adjective) brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another | Synonyms: counterpoised |
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counterblast | (noun) a vigorous and unrestrained response | - |
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counterblow | (noun) a return blow; a retaliatory blow | - |
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counterbombardment | (noun) bombardment intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons | - |
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counterbore | (noun) a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole | Synonyms: countersink, countersink bit |
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counterchallenge | (verb) challenge in turn | - |
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counterchange | (verb) cause to change places | Synonyms: interchange, transpose |
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countercharge | (noun) a retaliatory charge | - |
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(noun) a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser | - |
countercheck | (noun) something that checks the correctness of a previous check | Synonyms: double check |
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(noun) a check that restrains another check | - |
(verb) check a second time | - |
(verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: counteract |
counterclaim | (noun) a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action | - |
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(verb) set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim | - |
counterclockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: anticlockwise, contraclockwise |
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(adverb) in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move | Synonyms: anticlockwise |
countercoup | (noun) a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat | - |
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counterculture | (noun) a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture | - |
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countercurrent | (noun) actions counter to the main group activity | Synonyms: crosscurrent |
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(noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current | Synonyms: crosscurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip |
counterdemonstration | (noun) a demonstration held in opposition to another demonstration | - |
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counterdemonstrator | (noun) someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration | - |
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counterespionage | (noun) spying on the spies | - |
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counterevidence | (noun) (philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis. | Synonyms: counter-evidence |
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counterexample | (noun) refutation by example | - |
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counterfactual | (adjective) going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis) | Synonyms: contrary to fact |
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counterfactuality | (noun) the quality of being contrary to fact | - |
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counterfeit | (adjective) not genuine; imitating something superior | Synonyms: imitative |
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(noun) a copy that is represented as the original | Synonyms: forgery |
(verb) make a copy of with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: fake, forge |
counterfeiter | (noun) someone who makes copies illegally | Synonyms: forger |
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counterfire | (noun) fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons | - |
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counterfoil | (noun) the part of a check that is retained as a record | Synonyms: check stub, stub |
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counterglow | (noun) a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space | Synonyms: gegenschein |
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counterinsurgency | (noun) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | Synonyms: pacification |
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counterinsurgent | (adjective) of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | - |
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counterintelligence | (noun) intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism | - |
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counterintuitive | (adjective) contrary to what common sense would suggest | - |
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counterintuitively | (adverb) in a counterintuitive manner | - |
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counterirritant | (noun) a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation | - |
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counterman | (noun) a male who attends a counter (as in a diner) | - |
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countermand | (noun) a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command | - |
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(verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
countermarch | (noun) (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route | - |
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(verb) change the order of soldiers during a march | - |
(verb) march back along the same way | - |
countermeasure | (noun) an action taken to offset another action | - |
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countermine | (noun) (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy | - |
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(verb) destroy enemy mines with one's own mines | - |
(verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
countermove | (noun) an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. | Synonyms: counterattack |
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counteroffensive | (noun) a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force | - |
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counteroffer | (noun) an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer | - |
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counterpane | (noun) decorative cover for a bed | Synonyms: bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, bedspread, spread |
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counterpart | (noun) a duplicate copy | Synonyms: similitude, twin |
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(noun) a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another | Synonyms: opposite number, vis-a-vis |
counterperson | (noun) someone who attends a counter (as in a diner) | - |
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counterplan | (noun) a plot intended to subvert another plot | Synonyms: counterplot |
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counterplay | (noun) (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board | Synonyms: counterattack |
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counterplea | (noun) a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea | - |
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counterplot | (noun) a plot intended to subvert another plot | Synonyms: counterplan |
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(verb) make a plot in response to another plot | - |
counterpoint | (noun) a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies | - |
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(verb) write in counterpoint | - |
(verb) to show differences when compared; be different | Synonyms: contrast |
counterpoise | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer |
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(verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpose, counterweight |
counterpoised | (adjective) brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another | Synonyms: counterbalanced |
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counterpoison | (noun) a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison | Synonyms: antidote |
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counterpose | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpoise, counterweight |
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counterproductive | (adjective) tending to hinder the achievement of a goal | - |
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counterproject | (noun) a project, scheme, or proposal brought forward in opposition to another, as in the negotiation of a treaty. | - |
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counterproposal | (noun) a proposal offered as an alternative to an earlier proposal | - |
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counterpunch | (noun) a return punch (especially by a boxer) | Synonyms: counter, parry |
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counterreformation | (noun) a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation | - |
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counterrevolution | (noun) a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution | - |
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counterrevolutionary | (adjective) marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution | - |
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(adjective) relating to or being a counterrevolution | - |
(noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionist |
counterrevolutionist | (noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary |
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countershot | (noun) a return shot; a retaliatory shot | - |
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countersign | (noun) a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed | Synonyms: countersignature |
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(noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: parole, password, watchword, word |
(verb) add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity | - |
countersignature | (noun) a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed | Synonyms: countersign |
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countersink | (noun) a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole | Synonyms: counterbore, countersink bit |
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(noun) a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface | - |
(verb) insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) | Synonyms: set |
counterspy | (noun) a spy who works against enemy espionage | Synonyms: mole |
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counterstain | (noun) a stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly | - |
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counterstrike | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterattack |
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countersubversion | (noun) the aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activities | - |
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countersuit | (noun) a suit brought against someone who has sued you | - |
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countertenor | (adjective) of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor | Synonyms: alto |
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(noun) the highest adult male singing voice | Synonyms: alto |
(noun) a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor | - |
counterterror | (adjective) intended to prevent terrorism | Synonyms: counterterrorist |
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counterterrorism | (noun) a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism | - |
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counterterrorist | (adjective) intended to prevent terrorism | Synonyms: counterterror |
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(noun) someone who attempts to prevent terrorism | - |
countertop | (noun) the top side of a counter | - |
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