Definitions of counteract [ˌkaʊn tərˈækt]

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Definition of 'counteract'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) counteract
to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.

Etymology: (1670–80)

Definition of 'counteract'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) antagonize, antagonise, counteract
act in opposition to

2. (verb) countercheck, counteract
oppose or check by a counteraction

3. (verb) counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
"This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"

4. (verb) sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
destroy property or hinder normal operations
"The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

Definition of 'counteract'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) counteract
to have the opposite effect of sth
a drug that counteracts the poison

Definition of 'counteract'

Webster Dictionary

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

Translation of 'counteract'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to undo or prevent the effect of the government's efforts to counteract inflation.
Afrikaans: teenwerk, teëwerk	Arabic: يُبطِل مفعول	Bulgarian: противодействам
Brazilian: neutralizar	Czech: působit proti	German: entgegenwirken
Danish: modvirke; modarbejde	Greek: εξουδετερώνω	Spanish: contrarrestar; neutraliza
Estonian: vastu toimima, (mõju) kah	Farsi: خنثی کردن؛ مقابله کردن	Finnish: kumota
French: contrebalancer	Hebrew: לִפעוֹל נֶגֶד	Hindi: प्रतिक्रिया करना
Croatian: suprotstaviti se	Hungarian: ellensúlyoz	Indonesian: melawan
Icelandic: sporna við	Italian: ostacolare; neutralizzare	Japanese: ～に逆らう
Korean: 좌절시키다	Lithuanian: pasipriešinti, neutralizu	Latvian: darboties pretī; novērst
Malay: membendung	Dutch: ongedaan maken, tegengaan	Norwegian: motarbeide/-virke
Polish: przeciwdziałać	Persian: خنثی کردن؛ مقابله کردن	Pashto: خنثی کول ، مقابله کول
Portuguese: neutralizar	Romanian: a contracara	Russian: противодействовать
Slovak: pôsobiť proti	Slovenian: preprečiti	Serbian: sprečiti
Swedish: motverka, bekämpa	Thai: ต่อต้าน; ตอบโต้	Turkish: etkisini gidermek,önlemek
Taiwanese: 抵消，對抗	Ukrainian: протидіяти; нейтралізуват	Urdu: توڑ كرنا، دفعي‍ہ كرنا
Vietnamese: chống lại	Chinese: 对抗，抵消
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