Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to counterpoint
Participle: counterpointed
Gerund: counterpointing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | counterpoint |
| you | counterpoint |
| he;she;it | counterpoints |
| we | counterpoint |
| you | counterpoint |
| they | counterpoint |
Perfect
| I | have counterpointed |
| you | have counterpointed |
| he;she;it | has counterpointed |
| we | have counterpointed |
| you | have counterpointed |
| they | have counterpointed |
Past
| I | counterpointed |
| you | counterpointed |
| he;she;it | counterpointed |
| we | counterpointed |
| you | counterpointed |
| they | counterpointed |
Pluperfect
| I | had counterpointed |
| you | had counterpointed |
| he;she;it | had counterpointed |
| we | had counterpointed |
| you | had counterpointed |
| they | had counterpointed |
Future
| I | will counterpoint |
| you | will counterpoint |
| he;she;it | will counterpoint |
| we | will counterpoint |
| you | will counterpoint |
| they | will counterpoint |
Future Perfect
| I | will have counterpointed |
| you | will have counterpointed |
| he;she;it | will have counterpointed |
| we | will have counterpointed |
| you | will have counterpointed |
| they | will have counterpointed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | counterpoint |
| you | counterpoint |
| he;she;it | counterpoint |
| we | counterpoint |
| you | counterpoint |
| they | counterpoint |
Perfect
| I | have counterpointed |
| you | have counterpointed |
| he;she;it | have counterpointed |
| we | have counterpointed |
| you | have counterpointed |
| they | have counterpointed |
Imperfect
| I | counterpointed |
| you | counterpointed |
| he;she;it | counterpointed |
| we | counterpointed |
| you | counterpointed |
| they | counterpointed |
Pluperfect
| I | had counterpointed |
| you | had counterpointed |
| he;she;it | had counterpointed |
| we | had counterpointed |
| you | had counterpointed |
| they | had counterpointed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would counterpoint |
| you | would counterpoint |
| he;she;it | would counterpoint |
| we | would counterpoint |
| you | would counterpoint |
| they | would counterpoint |
Perfect
| I | would have counterpointed |
| you | would have counterpointed |
| he;she;it | would have counterpointed |
| we | would have counterpointed |
| you | would have counterpointed |
| they | would have counterpointed |
Imperative
| you | counterpoint |
| we | Let's counterpoint |
| you | counterpoint |
Verbs conjugated like 'counterpoint'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'counterpoint'
counterpoise,
counterfeit,
countermine,
counterpart,
counterplan,
counterplot,
counterpose,
countersink,
interpoint,
underpoint,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Middle French contrepoint, from Medieval Latin contrāpūnctum. Equivalent to counter- + point.
Sample Sentences
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[…] the dominant discourse on theory and method in the study of religions remains stuck on the debate about reductionism, which is in turn bent on representing the debate about theory and method in the study of religions as a choice between an unscientific phenomenology or an unsympathetic positivism (for phenomenology the idea that explanation is always 'bad' is perfectly counterpointed by the idea that religion is always 'good'). [2011, Paul-François Tremlett, Religion and the Discourse on Modernity:]