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[koun-ter-akt]

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verb (used with object)

to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.

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Origin:
1670–80; counter- + act

Related forms

coun·ter·ac·tant, adjective

coun·ter·act·er, coun·ter·ac·tor, noun

coun·ter·act·ing·ly, adverb

coun·ter·ac·tion, noun

coun·ter·ac·tive, adjective

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coun·ter·ac·tive·ly, adverb

non·coun·ter·ac·tive, adjective

un·coun·ter·act·ed, adjective

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Synonyms
neutralize, counterbalance, contravene, thwart.

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Example Sentences

Too often tofu is bland and boring, and its benefits cannot readily counteract this.

They are placed in interdisciplinary settings to counteract the narrowness of graduate training.

Monetary policy cannot counteract this, since all three are pegged to the euro.

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Too often tofu is bland and boring, and its benefits cannot readily counteract this.

They are placed in interdisciplinary settings to counteract the narrowness of graduate training.

Monetary policy cannot counteract this, since all three are pegged to the euro.

The horses produce natural antibodies to counteract the small amounts of poison in their systems.

The reader also inquired as to what doctors recommend astronauts do to counteract these effects.

To counteract top-heavy growth, clip a hedge slightly wider at the base, slanting it in at the top.

One floor below, superconducting electromagnets counteract the downward tug of the platinum-iridium.

The cuts were intended to counteract the tightening credit market and spur growth.

Again, having a distinguished research record and being active in national organizations can help to counteract this.

So although old people tend to be less healthy than younger ones, their cheerfulness may help counteract their crumbliness.

Ecotourism's primary aim is to counteract the negative effects of human development.

Protective heat shock proteins present in every cell have long been known to counteract stress.

To counteract the leaching effect of watering, feed plants weekly with fish emulsion.

Its image stabilizer feature uses battery-powered gyroscopes to counteract even minor shakes.

There is little evidence that parsley can counteract bad breath.

Counteract this by talking with enthusiasm about research plans that stretch far into the future.

But even record budget deficits and falling household saving could not counteract the scale of corporate thrift.

The hotel bar jacks up its techno music to counteract the babble in the lobby.

Antobiotics or probiotics both can counteract to kill native flora.

Understanding mutations in patients with acute leukemia can lead to designer drugs that would counteract them.

The body will manage this by releasing calcium from the bones to counteract too much salt.

America's central bank, is considering an emergency meeting in order to counteract the resulting damages to financial liquidity.

When he was finished, he injected a drug to counteract the sedative.

Possession of such an item allows the owner to counteract the negativity that surrounds it.

The fabric domes were kept inflated by internal air compressors to counteract the winds, but sometimes failed at this task.

And when they add a second such drug, it is often to counteract side effects of the first medication.

Optimists can likewise point to the government's maturing efforts to counteract radicalisation.

To counteract the burn, alternate bites with sips of your handspun vanilla shake.

If you can agree on a certain number of things that are morally wrong, then one way to counteract them is by training kids.

If done right, deficit reduction can counteract some of the economic trends that have aggravated inequality.

Governments and central banks are reacting by imposing corrective measures to counteract previous oversights and systematic flaws.

Furthermore, the effects of chronic stress directly counteract improvements in medical care and public health.

Parents, it's time to counteract what your kids are hearing in school.

In principle, you could counteract the drag with fiscal or even monetary policy.

The trick is to find a crystal containing stored energy from the blast to counteract that in her body.

Their workouts did not counteract the ill effects of sitting.

Governments with sound public finances might also consider running a looser fiscal policy to counteract the downturn.

As for the humans, they also get a little something extra to help counteract all the new bonuses.

The inhabitants of this microbial world have also evolved genes that counteract antibiotics.

Business school can counteract this inclination by breeding thoughtfulness and intellect.

Even so, these increasing efficiencies are not enough to counteract the juggernaut of a booming global economy.

Rutgers officials said the leadership program was developed to help counteract that trend.

Nor is it likely that governments could slash other forms of spending by enough to counteract the effects of ageing.

Combinations of these agents are administered to counteract the virus's inherent.

To counteract the deterioration of the neighborhood, residents bonded together to form a family.

But even the enduring popularity of the hamburger is not enough to counteract the long-term decline in national beef consumption.

So the trick to making a cloak for static magnetic fields is to counteract that distortion.

It has lavished cheap loans on firms that it sees as national champions, partly to counteract the strength of the real.

Spencer has published a paper arguing that clouds will cool the planet and counteract warming.

The antibodies are broken down and purified, and the result is a medicine that will counteract digitalis when given to humans.

To counteract a shrinking labour force, the retirement age needs to be raised.

It may not be possible to counteract all of the consequences.

The efficacy of personally produced ammonia to counteract sea urchin jabs has been whispered to.

Retailers are also trying make shopping seem fun and exciting to counteract the economic gloom.

And if any force is strong enough to counteract grief, it's hope.

We science teachers have enough trouble trying to counteract the negative influence of the supermarket and television tabloids.

It may sound cruel, but perhaps the best way to counteract these outdated cultural norms is to let them play out.

Then to counteract that, you have to place a"carbon tax" levy on foreign goods coming in from countries that are not compliant.

Any rhetoric that potentially fuels this false narrative only serves to counteract efforts to undermine the group's appeal.

It wants more than anything to counteract the horror with nobility.

And thirdly, that the company has inadequate procedures to counteract credit fraud.

The only way to counteract that would be to blow up the bubble again.

Ambition did not counteract ambition: only brute force ruled.

European countries working together are the only way to counteract this economic problem.

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World English Dictionary

counteract (ˌkaʊntərˈækt)

—vb
	(tr) to oppose, neutralize, or mitigate the effects of by contrary action; check

counter'action

—n

counter'active

—*adj*

counter'actively

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

counteract

1670s, from counter- + act.

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