counteract
verb/ˌkaʊntərˈækt/
/ˌkaʊntərˈækt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they counteract | /ˌkaʊntərˈækt/ /ˌkaʊntərˈækt/ |
| he / she / it counteracts | /ˌkaʊntərˈækts/ /ˌkaʊntərˈækts/ |
| past simple counteracted | /ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪd/ /ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪd/ |
| past participle counteracted | /ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪd/ /ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪd/ |
| -ing form counteracting | /ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪŋ/ /ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪŋ/ |
- counteract something to do something to reduce or prevent the bad or harmful effects of something synonym counter
- These exercises aim to counteract the effects of stress and tension.
Extra Examples- By pausing for a moment or two before speaking you will simply be counteracting a nervous tendency to rush headlong into everything.
- She liked to keep busy all the time to counteract the feelings of uselessness that overcame her whenever she had nothing to do.
- The thrust of the rocket engines counteracts gravity.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCounteract is used with these nouns as the object:- effect
- influence
- trend
- …
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