counteract
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coun·ter·act
(koun′tər-ăkt′)tr.v. coun·ter·act·ed, coun·ter·act·ing, coun·ter·acts
To oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary action; check.
coun′ter·ac′tion n.
coun′ter·ac′tive adj.
coun′ter·ac′tive·ly adv.
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counteract
(ˌkaʊntərˈækt)vb
(tr) to oppose, neutralize, or mitigate the effects of by contrary action; check
ˌcounterˈaction n
ˌcounterˈactive adj
ˌcounterˈactively adv
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coun•ter•act
(ˌkaʊn tərˈækt)v.t.
to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
[1670–80]
coun`ter•ac′tion, n.
coun`ter•ac′tive, adj.
coun`ter•ac′tive•ly, adv.
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counteract
Past participle: counteracted
Gerund: counteracting
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| counteract |
| counteract |
| Present |
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| I counteract |
| you counteract |
| he/she/it counteracts |
| we counteract |
| you counteract |
| they counteract |
| Preterite |
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| I counteracted |
| you counteracted |
| he/she/it counteracted |
| we counteracted |
| you counteracted |
| they counteracted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am counteracting |
| you are counteracting |
| he/she/it is counteracting |
| we are counteracting |
| you are counteracting |
| they are counteracting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have counteracted |
| you have counteracted |
| he/she/it has counteracted |
| we have counteracted |
| you have counteracted |
| they have counteracted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was counteracting |
| you were counteracting |
| he/she/it was counteracting |
| we were counteracting |
| you were counteracting |
| they were counteracting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had counteracted |
| you had counteracted |
| he/she/it had counteracted |
| we had counteracted |
| you had counteracted |
| they had counteracted |
| Future |
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| I will counteract |
| you will counteract |
| he/she/it will counteract |
| we will counteract |
| you will counteract |
| they will counteract |
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| I will have counteracted |
| you will have counteracted |
| he/she/it will have counteracted |
| we will have counteracted |
| you will have counteracted |
| they will have counteracted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be counteracting |
| you will be counteracting |
| he/she/it will be counteracting |
| we will be counteracting |
| you will be counteracting |
| they will be counteracting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been counteracting |
| you have been counteracting |
| he/she/it has been counteracting |
| we have been counteracting |
| you have been counteracting |
| they have been counteracting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been counteracting |
| you will have been counteracting |
| he/she/it will have been counteracting |
| we will have been counteracting |
| you will have been counteracting |
| they will have been counteracting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been counteracting |
| you had been counteracting |
| he/she/it had been counteracting |
| we had been counteracting |
| you had been counteracting |
| they had been counteracting |
| Conditional |
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| I would counteract |
| you would counteract |
| he/she/it would counteract |
| we would counteract |
| you would counteract |
| they would counteract |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have counteracted |
| you would have counteracted |
| he/she/it would have counteracted |
| we would have counteracted |
| you would have counteracted |
| they would have counteracted |
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Verb 1. counteract - act in opposition to
2. counteract - oppose or check by a counteraction
3. counteract - oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"
override - counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
4. [画像:counteract - destroy property or hinder normal operations]counteract - destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
derail - cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
disobey - refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"
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counteract
verb
1. act against, check, defeat, prevent, oppose, resist, frustrate, foil, thwart, hinder, cross Many countries within the region are planning measures to counteract a missile attack.
2. offset, negate, neutralize, invalidate, counterbalance, annul, obviate, countervail pills to counteract high blood pressure
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counteract
verb1. To act as an equalizing weight or force to:
2. To make ineffective by applying an opposite force or amount:
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Translations
يُبطِل مفعول
působit proti
modarbejdemodvirke
ellensúlyoz
sporna viî
neutralizacijaneutralizuotipasipriešinimas
darboties pretīnovērst
pôsobiť proti
etkisini gidermekönlemek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
counteract
[ˌkaʊntərˈækt] vt [+ effect] → neutraliser ; [+ influence] → contrebalancer counter-attack counterattack [ˈkaʊntərətæk] n → contre-attaque f
vi (= retaliate) [soldiers] → contre-attaquer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
counteract
[ˌkaʊntərˈækt] vt (counterbalance) → controbilanciare, agire in opposizione a; (neutralize) → neutralizzare, annullare gli effetti diCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
counteract
(kauntərˈӕkt) verb to undo or prevent the effect of. the government's efforts to counteract inflation. teenwerk, teëwerk يُبطِل مفعول противодействам neutralizar působit proti entgegenwirken modvirke; modarbejde εξουδετερώνω contrarrestar; neutralizar vastu toimima, (mõju) kahjutuks tegema خنثی کردن؛ مقابله کردن kumota contrebalancer לִפעוֹל נֶגֶד प्रतिक्रिया करना suprotstaviti se ellensúlyoz melawan sporna við ostacolare; neutralizzare 〜に逆らう 좌절시키다 pasipriešinti, neutralizuoti darboties pretī; novērst membendung ongedaan maken, tegengaan motarbeide/-virke przeciwdziałać خنثی کول ، مقابله کول neutralizar a contracara противодействовать pôsobiť proti preprečiti sprečiti motverka, bekämpa ต่อต้าน; ตอบโต้ etkisini gidermek, önlemek 抵消,對抗 протидіяти; нейтралізувати توڑ كرنا، دفعيہ كرنا chống lại 对抗,抵消
ˌcounterˈaction noun teenwerking إبْطال مَفْعول противодействие ação contrária protiakce die Gegenmaßnahme modvirken; modarbejdning εξουδετέρωση acción contraria vastumõju عمل متقابل kumoaminen action contraire פְּעוָּלה נֶגדִית प्रतिकार्य suprotstavljanje ellentétes cselekedet tindakan berlawanan andspyrna controazione 阻止 반작용 pasipriešinimas, neutralizacija pretdarbība pembendungan tegenactie motarbeiding, motstand, motvirkning przeciwdziałanie متقابله کړنه یا عمل acção contrária opoziţie; reacţiune противодействие protiakcia preprečitev protivdejstvo motverkan, motaktion การลดผลกระทบ etkisini giderme 抵消,對抗 протидія; нейтралізація توڑ ، دفعيہ sự chống lại 对抗,抵消
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counteract
v. contrarrestar, oponerse a; contraatacar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
counteract
vt contrarrestarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.