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counteractcounteract /ˌkaʊntɚˈækt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcounteract |
Present | I, you, we, they | counteract | | he, she, it | counteracts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | counteracted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have counteracted | | he, she, it | has counteracted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had counteracted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will counteract | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have counteracted |
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Present | I | am counteracting | | he, she, it | is counteracting | | you, we, they | are counteracting | Past | I, he, she, it | was counteracting | | you, we, they | were counteracting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been counteracting | | he, she, it | has been counteracting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been counteracting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be counteracting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been counteracting |
to reduce or prevent the bad effect of something, by doing something that has the opposite effect: Add some sugar to counteract the tartness of the lemon.—counteraction /ˌkaʊntɚˈækʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |