counterpoint
verb/ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt/
/ˈkaʊntərpɔɪnt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they counterpoint | /ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt/ /ˈkaʊntərpɔɪnt/ |
| he / she / it counterpoints | /ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnts/ /ˈkaʊntərpɔɪnts/ |
| past simple counterpointed | /ˈkaʊntəpɔɪntɪd/ /ˈkaʊntərpɔɪntɪd/ |
| past participle counterpointed | /ˈkaʊntəpɔɪntɪd/ /ˈkaʊntərpɔɪntɪd/ |
| -ing form counterpointing | /ˈkaʊntəpɔɪntɪŋ/ /ˈkaʊntərpɔɪntɪŋ/ |
- counterpoint something (with/against something) to contrast something with something else; to form a contrast with somethingWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French contrepoint, from medieval Latin contrapunctum ‘(song) pricked or marked over against (the original melody)’, from contra- ‘against’ + punctum, from pungere ‘to prick’.
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