Meaning

21 senses
  1. One who counts.

    He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.

    Zähler, Zählerin

    счётчикsčótčik, счётчицаsčótčica

    обліко́вецьoblikóvecʹ

    a person who counts things

  2. A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.

  3. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.

    He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.

    Zählwerk, Zähler, Zähler

    счётчикsčótčik, счётчикsčótčik

    лічи́льникličýlʹnyk

    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

  4. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

    счётчикsčótčik

  5. A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.

  6. (Internet)A hit counter.

  7. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.

    He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till.

    Theke, Tresen, Schalter

    сто́йкаstójka, прила́вокprilávok, конто́ркаkontórka

    сто́йкаstójka, прила́вокprylávok

    table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted

  8. A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.

  9. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.

    Arbeitsplatte, Arbeitsfläche

    столе́шницаstoléšnica

    стільни́цяstilʹnýcja

  10. In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.

  11. Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.

  12. (historical)The prison attached to a city court; a compter.

Examples

378 sentences
  1. Where is the check-in counter?

    Де стійка реєстрації?

    ruГде стойка регистрации?

    deWo ist der Abfertigungsschalter?

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  2. Tom sat alone at the counter.

    Том сидів один за барною стойкою.

    ruТом сидел один за барной стойкой.

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  3. Tom is sitting at the counter.

    Том сидить за стійкою.

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  4. Is there room at the counter?

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  5. Your keys are on the counter.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
one who counts:
object used in counting:
table or board on which business is transacted:
kitchen surface for food preparation:
Русский
By meaning 6
something in contradiction to a proposal:
one who counts:
table or board on which business is transacted:
kitchen surface for food preparation:
martial arts: proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to one's opponent:
part of shoe or boot:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
one who counts:
object used in counting:
table or board on which business is transacted:
kitchen surface for food preparation:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English countour, from Old French conteor (French comptoir), from Me

Inherited from Middle English countour, from Old French conteor (French comptoir), from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō, equivalent to count + -er. Doublet of cantore, computer, and kontor.

From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.

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Forms

plural: counters
Singularcounter
Pluralcounters

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

45 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • at the counter
  • behind the counter
  • on the counter
  • the counter and
  • to the counter

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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