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  • 11counterpart — ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing that corresponds to or has the same function as another …

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  • 12counterpart — [kount′ərpärt΄] n. [ME countrepart: see COUNTER & PART2] 1. a person or thing that corresponds to or closely resembles another, as in form or function 2. a thing which, when added to another, completes or complements it 3. a copy or duplicate, as …

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  • 13Counterpart theory — In philosophy, specifically in the area of modal metaphysics, counterpart theory is an alternative to standard (Kripkean) possible worlds semantics for interpreting quantified modal logic. Counterpart theory still presupposes possible worlds, but …

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  • 14Counterpart Caribbean — Future Centre Trust 280px Key people Mrs Vivian Anne Gittens (chairman) Area served Barbados and the Caribbean Focus Environment and sustainable development and Environmental Education …

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  • 15counterpart — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ direct ▪ the difficulty of translating terms with no direct counterpart in the other language ▪ modern ▪ the modern counterparts of those medieval writers ▪ female …

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  • 16counterpart theory — The view endorsed by David Lewis, that identical entities do not exist in different possible worlds, and that statements that appear to require that they do are evaluated by thinking of a counterpart in other worlds. Thus ‘if you had touched the… …

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  • 17counterpart — n. 1) to have a counterpart in 2) a counterpart of, to * * * [ kaʊntəpɑːt] to a counterpart of to have a counterpart in …

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  • 18counterpart */*/ — UK [ˈkaʊntə(r)ˌpɑː(r)t] / US [ˈkaʊntərˌpɑrt] noun [countable] Word forms counterpart : singular counterpart plural counterparts someone or something that has the same job or purpose as another person or thing, but in a different country, time,… …

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  • 19Counterpart fund — A counterpart fund is a technique for turning foreign aid into reserves of domestic currency. They were used by the UNRRA, and the Marshall Plan in the rebuilding of Western Europe after the Second World War, and today remain a common technique… …

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  • 20Counterpart — Coun|ter|part 〈[kaʊntə(r) ] m. 6〉 Ergänzung(sstück), Gegenstück, Pendant [engl.] * * * Coun|ter|part [ ka̮untɐpart ], der; s, s [engl. counterpart = Gegenstück, aus: counter = Gegen u. part = Teil, Stück]: ↑ Gegenstück (1): der Vorsitzende der… …

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