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OXFORD DICTIONARY
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counter-

OXFORD DICTIONARY

counter-, comb. form denoting:
1 retaliation, opposition, or rivalry (counter-threat; counter-cheers).
2 opposite direction (counter-current).
3 correspondence, duplication, or substitution (counterpart; countersign).

Etymology
from or after AF countre-, OF contre f. L contra against

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