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Meanings of measure word in anglès

Word (or morpheme) that is used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns.

Synonyms
Examples for "counter"
Examples for "counter"
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Their colleagues in Congress hope to counter the new rules with legislation.
Reuters
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An over-the-counter equity market, the New Third Board, saw a similar fate.
Reuters
3
His book is a case study of a counter-insurgency war gone wrong.
The Irish Times
4
Israel takes in droves of Palestinian refugees fleeing the counter-humanist Palestinian laws.
The South African
5
PwC partner David Stebbings advised companies to monitor bank counter-party risk daily.
Reuters
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It may mean counting words, but it may mean something else entirely.
The Land of Painted Caves
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She didn't think there were even enough counting words for them all.
The Shelters of Stone
3
How could someone raised by flatheads have any understanding of counting words?
The Valley of Horses
4
She remembered the years better her way, but she liked the counting words.
The Valley of Horses
5
It made the counting words so much more powerful when used like that.
The Land of Painted Caves
1
Then keep your vocabulary clean of bargain- counter words.
Lady Baltimore
1
I am... She stopped to think of the right counting word.
The Mammoth Hunters
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Mamut said five was Her counting word of hidden authority.
The Land of Painted Caves
3
We say five is Her sacred counting word.
The Land of Painted Caves
4
Five is also the Mother's sacred counting word.
The Land of Painted Caves
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The number of fingers on one hand, five, is an important counting word in its own right.
The Land of Painted Caves
Usage of measure word in anglès
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The measured words of Accountant Somers were still ringing in his ears:
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
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This is a classic Two-Step move: maintain independence, but use mild, measured words.
Reuters
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Water, Ivor was thinking, as the measured words flowed over him.
The darkest road
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There was something final and convincing in his companion's measured words.
The Great Prince Shan
5
We have reached a stage where measured words stand out.
The Irish Times
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As he uttered these measured words, General Lee saluted and disappeared in the smoke.
Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
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The speaker's slow, measured words had a certain hypnotic quality.
The Status Civilization
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Doomforge forced a breath through her nose, then spoke with deliberate and measured words.
Guild wars: ghosts of ascalon
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Allendyce stopped short, for his usual measured words seemed out of place at this moment.
Red-Robin
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The court, in coldly measured words, hopes the audience will evince no excitement pro or con.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
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And then the captain spoke, in slow, measured words that cut her to her inmost soul.
The Ebbing Of The Tide / South Sea Stories - 1896
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Finally he spoke, slowly, his measured words scarcely audible above the muffled beat of the propeller.
Terry / A Tale of the Hill People
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With measured words he told Philip what to think of Rodin, Albert Samain, and Caesar Franck.
Of Human Bondage
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For some reason or other, Immelan accepted these measured words of prophecy as a total reprieve.
The Great Prince Shan
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Analysts said Medvedev's measured words calling for more time for reform revealed a desire to run again.
Reuters
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Let me tell, in the measured words of one describing a past incident, what next took place.
The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens