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Definition of counterpoint verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. counterpoint something (with/against something) to contrast something with something else; to form a contrast with something
    Word 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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