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  I.coun‧ter1 S3 /ˈkaʊntə $ -ər/ BrE  AmE  noun [countable]    [Word Family: noun: ↑count, ↑recount, ↑counter; verb: ↑count, ↑recount; adjective: ↑countable ≠ ↑uncountable, ↑countless]   [Sense 1-5: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: comptour, from Medieval Latin computatorium 'counting place', from Latin computare;  ⇨ ↑compute]   [Sense 6-7: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: conteor, from conter;  ⇨ ↑count1]   [Sense 8: Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: contre, from contre 'against']   1. the place where you pay or are served in a shop, bank, restaurant etc:         He wondered if the girl behind the counter recognised him.   2. American English a long flat surface on top of a piece of furniture, especially in a kitchen SYN worktop British English   3. over the counter drugs, medicines etc that are bought over the counter are ones that you can buy in a shop without a ↑prescription from a doctor   4. under the counter if you buy something under the counter, you buy it secretly and usually illegally:         It’s risky, but you can get alcohol under the counter.   5. a small object that you use in some games that are played on a board   6. a piece of electrical equipment that counts something:         Set the video counter to zero before you press play. ⇨ ↑Geiger counter   7. a computer program that counts the number of people who have visited a website   8. an action that tries to prevent something bad from happening, or an argument that is used to prove that something is wrong    counter to        The road blocks were a counter to terrorist attacks in that area. II.counter2 BrE  AmE  verb   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: contre;  ⇨ ↑counter3]   1. [intransitive and transitive] to say something in order to try to prove that what someone said was not true or as a reply to something:         ‘I could ask the same thing of you,’ she countered.    counter an argument/an allegation/a criticism etc        He was determined to counter the bribery allegations.   2. [transitive] to do something in order to prevent something bad from happening or to reduce its bad effects:         Exercise helps to counter the effects of stress. III.counter3 BrE  AmE  adjective, adverb   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: contre, from Latin contra;  ⇨ ↑contra-]    be/run/go counter to something to be the opposite of something:         Some actions by the authorities ran counter to the President’s call for leniency.
  counterhu| ◎ | ['kauntə] |  | ※ | danh từ |  |   | ■ | quầy hàng, quầy thu tiền |  |   | ☆ | to serve behind the counter |  |   | phục vụ ở quầy hàng, bán hàng |  |   | ■ | ghi sê (ngân hàng) |  |   | ■ | máy đếm |  |   | ■ | thẻ (để đánh bạc thay tiền) |  |   | ■ | ức ngực |  |   | ■ | (hàng hải) thành đuôi tàu |  |   | ■ | miếng đệm lót giày |  | ※ | phó từ |  |   | ■ | đối lập, chống lại, trái lại, ngược lại |  |   | ☆ | to act counter to someone's wishes |  |   | hành động chống lại ý muốn của một người nào |  |   | 〆 | to go counter |  |   | ✓ | đi ngược lại, làm trái lại |  | ※ | động từ |  |   | ■ | phản đối, chống lại, làm trái ngược lại, nói ngược lại |  |   | ■ | chặn lại và đánh trả, phản công (đấu kiếm, quyền Anh) |  | ※ | tiền tố |  |   | ■ | ngược lại |  |   | ☆ | counter-attraction  |  |   | sức hút ngược lại  |  |   | ■ | chống lại; phản lại |  |   | ☆ | counter-revolutionary |  |   | phản cách mạng |  |   | ☆ | counter-productive |  |   | phản tác dụng |  
 
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