female counterpart

collocation in English

meaningsoffemaleandcounterpart

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female
adjective
uk
/ˈfiː.meɪl/us
/ˈfiː.meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that can give birth to young or ...
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counterpart
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkaʊn.tə.pɑːt/us
/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ.pɑːrt/
a person or thing that has the same purpose as another one in a different place ...
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(Definition offemaleandcounterpartfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffemale counterpart

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These asters grow until the male pronucleus reaches itsfemalecounterpartand disintegrate afterwards.
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The predictions for future changes in this category are for gender neutralization to apply to other words in which there is nofemalecounterpartin meaning.
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Mensch, however, is not as morphologically transparent as "man," and there is nofemalecounterpartterm with the same meaning.
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For example, a man in clerical work earns an average of £225 a week; hisfemalecounterpartearns only £199.
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When we consider what the scheme provides, the man is paid more by the scheme than hisfemalecounterpart.
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These are essentially drafting amendments to ensure that the surviving spouse of a female practising insurance broker is treated in the same way as hisfemalecounterpart.
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However, it fills the purpose as thefemalecounterpartof the male spermatid in spermatogenesis.
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The song is a ballad informing the male lover that hisfemalecounterpartwants him to not leave.
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Gubbe is used along with itsfemalecounterpartkjerring to differentiate male and female trolls, trollgubbe and trollkjerring.
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The terms alu-fiend or alu-demon refer to itsfemalecounterpart.
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Each respectable male meets theirfemalecounterpartthree times, and each has a parallel incident with letters and an unmasking.
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For instance, peacocks display vibrant plumage colours in an attempt to attract and copulate with theirfemalecounterpart, the peahen.
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She is thefemalecounterpartwithout whom the male aspect, which represents consciousness or discrimination, remains impotent and void.
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The league has afemalecounterpartas well that carries the same name.
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The male spends its life fused to its much largerfemalecounterparttherefore effectively turning her into a hermaphrodite.
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Thefemalecounterpartis the 100 metres hurdles.
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However, formally lady is thefemalecounterpartto higher ranks in society, from gentlemen, through knights, to lords, and so on.
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In the play, three respectable males each meet afemalecounterpartthree times, and share a parallel incident with letters and an unmasking.
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Rouva is the usualfemalecounterpartof "herra".
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