counter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.tə/
ipa: /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/
note: in fast speech
ipa: [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ]
rhymes: -aʊntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: counters
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.
glosses: One who counts.
examples: text: The basic idea is that the researcher conducting the transect (called the counter or enumerator) walks along a set path at certain intervals (hourly, daily, monthly, etc.) and tallies all instances of whatever is being surveyed.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
glosses: A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
examples: text: He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.
glosses: An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
glosses: A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
examples: text: With a foreach block, you don't need to create an explicit counter variable.
ref: 2006, Matthew MacDonald, Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional, page 49:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
glosses: A hit counter.
examples: text: He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till.
glosses: A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted
glosses: A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
synonyms: word: bench
glosses: In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
synonyms: word: bench
glosses: In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
examples: text: He remaynes prisonner in the Counter in Woodstrete in the hole, by the contagiousing wherof he is lyke to perishe
ref: 1590, John Greenwood, Christopher Bowman's Petition:
glosses: The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Synonyms: topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: measure word
Derived terms: abbey counter
anticounter
axle counter
bargaining counter
bean counter
bean-counter
behind the counter
card counter
checkout counter
clicker counter
colony counter
counter batten
counter check
counter clockwise
counter culture
counterful
counterhand
counter intelligence
counterjumper
counterless
counterlike
counterman
counter password
counter payment
counterperson
counterside
counter statement
counter strategy
counter surf
countertop
counterwoman
counterworker
cross-counter
decade counter
frame counter
Geiger counter
Geiger-Müller counter
hard counter
head counter
hit counter
liquid scintillation counter
lunch counter
multicounter
nail to the counter
non-over-the-counter
nucleocounter
over the counter
over-the-counter
photocounter
pollen counter
program counter
rev counter
rivet counter
run counter
scintillation counter
soda counter
span counter
time elapsed counter
trade counter
under the counter
under-the-counter