English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of counter

counter

/noun/ काउंटर; पटल;
/verb/विरोध करना; गणित्र; गणनाफलक; विक्रयफलक; काउन्टर;

Synonym slug; table; resist; calculating machine; Counter;

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English Dictionary:

1. Counter

[a.]

- Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.

2. Counter

[adv.]

- A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
- Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
- In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
- At or against the front or face.
- The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
- The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- The back leather or heel part of a boot.

3. Counter

[n.]

- An encounter.

4. Counter

[v. i.]

- To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.

5. Counter

[v. t.]

- One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
- A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
- Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
- A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.