counter
verb/ˈkaʊntə(r)/
/ˈkaʊntər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they counter | /ˈkaʊntə(r)/ /ˈkaʊntər/ |
| he / she / it counters | /ˈkaʊntəz/ /ˈkaʊntərz/ |
| past simple countered | /ˈkaʊntəd/ /ˈkaʊntərd/ |
| past participle countered | /ˈkaʊntəd/ /ˈkaʊntərd/ |
| -ing form countering | /ˈkaʊntərɪŋ/ /ˈkaʊntərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to reply to somebody 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 (somebody/something) with something Butler has countered with a lawsuit against the firm.
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- [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.
Extra Examples- It's often necessary to counter negative images with positive images.
- The effects of job losses in manufacturing were countered by the creation of more jobs in the service industries.
- We need more imaginative policies to counter global warming.
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old French conteor, from medieval Latin computatorium, from Latin computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’. noun sense 5 late Middle English: from Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against’, or directly from counter-.
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