counterpart

[US]/ˈkaʊntəpɑːt/
[UK]/ˈkaʊntərpɑːrt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a person or thing that has the same position or function as another in a different context.

Example Sentences

Night is the counterpart of day.

It has no counterpart in the world.

The foreign minister is the counterpart of the secretary of state.

Her counterpart left in vain and vapidity.

Deep-sea valleys are the counterparts of the mountain chains.

For a simple reason: interdisciplinarity is the institutional counterpart of two prominent movements in higher education, postmodernism and identity politics.

The sales directress phoned her counterpart in the other firm.

hemizygous Describing genetic material that has no homologous counterpart and is thus unpaired in the diploid state.

Park manager Marlo Acock said the farm-bred gobblers are overweight and less hardy than their wild counterparts, and do not live long after the pardon.

China citizens can apply for the tax negotiation if he/she thinks that the contract counterpart has violated the tax agreement of Indiscrimination Treatment and caused discrimination.

Unlike their more massive counterparts, sunlike stars are thought to die gracefully by ejecting their outer gaseous layers in a nonexplosive process that takes about 10,000 years.

Real-world Examples

Your right ear is the counterpart of your left ear.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

Guanyin is the Buddhist counterpart of the Virgin Mary.

Source: History

Diesel engines are more fuel efficient than their gasoline counterparts.

Source: The Great Science Revelation

Positrons are the antimatter counterparts to electrons.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Collection September 2014

The results were parallel to their adult counterparts.

Source: Psychology Mini Class

We are in touch with our Israeli counterparts.

Source: VOA Standard English - Asia

They now receive equal treatment with their domestic counterparts.

Source: CRI Online June 2019 Collection

But Staten Island Chuck agreed with its Pennsylvanian counterpart.

Source: NPR News February 2013 Collection

Your right hand is the counterpart of your left hand.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

He proposed a meeting with his Russian counterpart next week.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation February 2022

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