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{
"term": "counter",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/ki/kitchen.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a long flat surface over which goods are sold or business is done in a shop, bank, etc.",
"sensetop": "behind the counter",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I asked the woman behind the counter if they had any postcards.",
"contextForm": "behind the counter"
},
{
"text": "He pushed the money across the counter to me."
},
{
"text": "He works at the meat counter."
},
{
"text": "I served behind the counter at the cafe for a few hours a week."
},
{
"text": "She handed me my coffee over the counter."
},
{
"text": "The assistant behind the counter gave a curt nod."
},
{
"text": "The bartender wiped down the counter in silence."
},
{
"text": "There was a line of people waiting at the checkout counter."
},
{
"text": "They sat on high stools at the bar counter."
},
{
"text": "all the goods on the counter"
},
{
"text": "an airline check-in counter"
},
{
"text": "post office counter staff"
}
],
"topics": ["Shopping"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["checkout", "post office", "shop"],
"verb + counter": ["serve at", "serve behind", "work at"],
"counter + noun": ["top", "staff"],
"preposition": [
"across a/the counter",
"at a/the counter",
"behind a/the counter"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a flat surface in a kitchen for preparing food on",
"labels": "(both North American English)British English",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He put his bags down on the kitchen counter."
},
{
"text": "The kitchen had black marble counter tops."
}
],
"topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["checkout", "post office", "shop"],
"verb + counter": ["serve at", "serve behind", "work at"],
"counter + noun": ["top", "staff"],
"preposition": [
"across a/the counter",
"at a/the counter",
"behind a/the counter"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a small disc used for playing or scoring in some board games",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Games and toys"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "an electronic device for counting something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The needle on the rev counter soared."
},
{
"text": "You need to reset the counter."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a person who counts something, for example votes in an election",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can get computers to help the counters to count the votes."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a response to somebody/something that opposes their ideas, position, etc.",
"sensetop": "counter (to somebody/something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The employers' association was seen as a counter to union power."
},
{
"text": "The government's programme should be an effective counter to unemployment."
},
{
"text": "an effective counter to the blandness of modern culture"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["effective"],
"preposition": ["counter to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "goods, especially medicines, for sale over the counter can be bought without a prescription (= written permission from a doctor to buy a medicine) or special licence",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These tablets are available over the counter."
},
{
"text": "This kind of medication cannot be bought over the counter."
}
],
"topics": ["Shopping", "Healthcare"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "goods that are bought or sold under the counter are sold secretly and sometimes illegally",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Pornography may be legally banned but it is still available under the counter."
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊntə(r)/",
"audio": "co/counter/counter__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊntər/",
"audio": "co/counter/counter__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 4 Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old French conteor, from medieval Latin computatorium, from Latin computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’. noun sense 5 late Middle English: from Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against’, or directly from counter-."
}