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# counterpart

noun (a counterpart, counterparts)

«counterpart» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A counterpart is a person or thing that has the same job or place as another, but in a different group, country or situation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpart/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in news and history: the Prime Minister meets his or her counterparts (other leaders); a head teacher meets counterparts from other schools. In science, it compares matching things: the human arm and its counterpart, the bird's wing. Phrases: «his French counterpart», «a digital counterpart».

### Examples

- The British Prime Minister met her Canadian counterpart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpart/#x1)
- Our class captain chatted with her counterpart from the visiting school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpart/#x2)
- The bird's wing is the counterpart of the human arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpart/#x3)
- The e-book is the digital counterpart of the paper book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpart/#x4)
- The US president spoke with his counterpart in Japan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpart/#x5)
- Our school's head teacher wrote to her counterpart in Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpart/#x6)
- As Ilya is the counterpart of Thor, so does Nicholas in some respects resemble Odin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpart/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Counterpart means «the matching one elsewhere», not «the opposite one»: an opponent is someone against you, a counterpart is someone like you on another side.

## In Jewish tradition

Used in news and history: the Prime Minister meets his or her counterparts (other leaders); a head teacher meets counterparts from other schools. In science, it compares matching things: the human arm and its counterpart, the bird's wing. Phrases: «his French counterpart», «a digital counterpart».

### Note

Countable. Counterpart means «the matching one elsewhere», not «the opposite one»: an opponent is someone against you, a counterpart is someone like you on another side.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «counterpart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpart/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«counterpart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/counterpart.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «counterpart» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/counterpart/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«counterpart» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/counterpart.html) on Mova free.