Definition of Counterpart
Counterpart
A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.
One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.
A person who closely resembles another.
A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.
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Counterpart Quotations
The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.
Camille Pissarro
This most dangerous enemy is the American counterpart of the British Fabian Socialist, who denies that he is a Socialist and operates behind a mask which he calls National Planning.
John T. Flynn
We've got a lot of pressure going. This is for my Latin counterpart.
Bobby Bonilla
The counterpart of the suicide is the seeker; but the difference between them is slight.
Paul Watzlawick
Counterpart Translations
counterpart in Norwegian is motstykke
counterpart in Swedish is motpart, motsvarighet
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