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counterpart
noun coun·ter·part \-ˌpärt\
: someone or something that has the same job or purpose as another
Full Definition of COUNTERPART
1
: one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
2
a : a thing that fits another perfectly b : something that completes : complement
3
a : one remarkably similar to another b : one having the same function or characteristics as another <college presidents and their counterparts in business>
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First Known Use of COUNTERPART
15th century
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Rhymes with COUNTERPART
à la carte, anti-art, applecart, beauty part, bleeding heart, Bonaparte, egg and dart, fall apart, flying start, for one's part, heart-to-heart, Liddell Hart, lose one's heart, martial art, mini-mart, on one's part, open-heart, plastic art, poles apart, purpleheart, Purple Heart, running start, set apart, take apart, underpart, upperpart
COUNTERPART Defined for Kids
counterpart
noun coun·ter·part \ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌpärt\
Definition of COUNTERPART for Kids
: a person or thing that is very like or equivalent to another person or thing
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