- 1[transitive, intransitive] counter (somebody/something) (with something) to reply to someone by trying to prove that what they said is not true counter somebody/something Such arguments are not easily countered. counter that… I tried to argue but he countered that the plans were not yet finished. counter (somebody) + speech “But I was standing right here!” he countered. counter with something Butler has countered with a lawsuit against the firm.
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- 2[transitive] counter something to do something to reduce or prevent the bad effects of something synonym counteract Businesses would like to see new laws to counter late payments of debts.
counter
verbNAmE//ˈkaʊntər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they counter he / she / it counters
past simple countered
-ing form countering
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