counteract

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From counter- +‎ act.

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ækt

VerbEdit

counteract ‎(third-person singular simple present counteracts, present participle counteracting, simple past and past participle counteracted)

1. To act in opposition to; thwart; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:hinder

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

counteractant counteracter counteractingly counteraction

counteractive counteractively counteractor

TranslationsEdit

to act in opposition to

• Bulgarian: противодействам ‎(protivodejstvam)
• Dutch: tegengaan (nl)
• Finnish: vastustaa (fi)

• German: entgegenwirken, bekämpfen (de)
• Kannada: ಮಲೆ (kn) ‎(male), ಮಾರು (kn) ‎(māru)
• Russian: противоде́йствовать (ru) ‎(protivodéjstvovatʹ)