Definition of Counterpart

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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

The counterpart of the suicide is the seeker; but the difference between them is slight.
Paul Watzlawick

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

When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.
Camille Pissarro

We've got a lot of pressure going. This is for my Latin counterpart.
Bobby Bonilla

Counterpart Translations

counterpart in Norwegian is motstykke
counterpart in Swedish is motpart, motsvarighet

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