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Significados de counterpoint em inglês

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Relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent (exhibiting polyphony) yet independent in rhythm and contour.

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contrastar

To show differences when compared; be different.

contrapor-se
Uso de counterpoint em inglês
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Yet at time its leaner-sounding production provides a counterpoint to its explicitness.
The Irish Times
2
This is ordinary enough; it might be a bit of eighteenth-century counterpoint:
Purcell
3
In the words of McAlpine, Scotland could become a powerful centre-left counterpoint.
The Guardian
4
A welcome counterpoint to the inertia that's seized the country of late.
The Irish Times
5
It was a counterpoint to Too Sweet's cynical view of human motherhood.
Running the books: the adventures of an accidental prison librar...
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Garity is cast as a successful, self-assured doctor, a counterpoint to Bloom.
Reuters
7
That said, Bateman's fresh-faced sweetness is a charming counterpoint to the boldness.
Independent.ie
8
Wimbledon forever succeeds in providing the counterpoint and highlighting the attrition rate.
The Irish Times
9
Idas played a counterpoint of sounds and images on the Mouse's syrynx.
Nova
10
Fresh garlic mayonnaise made with chopped green olives adds a rich counterpoint.
Mastering the grill: the owner's manual for outdoor cooking
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It was an interesting counterpoint to his flying expertise, and suggested humility.
Lone eagle
12
Marjorie's rushed sentences wove between theirs in a kind of birdlike counterpoint.
Timescape
13
Exquisite counterpoint came from Alban's warmth where her hips pressed into his.
Heart of stone
14
He picked up the tempo and played a counterpoint to Nyssa's tune.
Dagmar's daughter
15
To you, your counterpoint, your fugue, the infallible, unquestionable sequence of one-two-three.
The Genius
16
I think it gives you a nice counterpoint for wherever you're standing.
The Guardian
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Counterpoint ao longo do tempo
Counterpoint nas variantes da língua
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Comum
Reino Unido
Comum