Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to counter
Participle: countered
Gerund: countering
Indicative
Present
| I | counter |
| you | counter |
| he;she;it | counters |
| we | counter |
| you | counter |
| they | counter |
Perfect
| I | have countered |
| you | have countered |
| he;she;it | has countered |
| we | have countered |
| you | have countered |
| they | have countered |
Past
| I | countered |
| you | countered |
| he;she;it | countered |
| we | countered |
| you | countered |
| they | countered |
Pluperfect
| I | had countered |
| you | had countered |
| he;she;it | had countered |
| we | had countered |
| you | had countered |
| they | had countered |
Future
| I | will counter |
| you | will counter |
| he;she;it | will counter |
| we | will counter |
| you | will counter |
| they | will counter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have countered |
| you | will have countered |
| he;she;it | will have countered |
| we | will have countered |
| you | will have countered |
| they | will have countered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | counter |
| you | counter |
| he;she;it | counter |
| we | counter |
| you | counter |
| they | counter |
Perfect
| I | have countered |
| you | have countered |
| he;she;it | have countered |
| we | have countered |
| you | have countered |
| they | have countered |
Imperfect
| I | countered |
| you | countered |
| he;she;it | countered |
| we | countered |
| you | countered |
| they | countered |
Pluperfect
| I | had countered |
| you | had countered |
| he;she;it | had countered |
| we | had countered |
| you | had countered |
| they | had countered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would counter |
| you | would counter |
| he;she;it | would counter |
| we | would counter |
| you | would counter |
| they | would counter |
Perfect
| I | would have countered |
| you | would have countered |
| he;she;it | would have countered |
| we | would have countered |
| you | would have countered |
| they | would have countered |
Imperative
| you | counter |
| we | Let's counter |
| you | counter |
Verbs conjugated like 'counter'
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 'counter'
chunter,
canter,
center,
chunder,
chunner,
chutter,
cluster,
clutter,
confer,
conster,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.
Verbs referencing "counter"
German, old spelling
kontern, Indonesian
konter, Dutch
counteren.
Sample Sentences
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I don't remember the conversation totally verbatim, yet I remember the tone — increasingly angry on my part, and flippant and snide on his. We countered back and forth at least three times. [1979 February 10, Pat M. Kuras, “The Rubber Gun Backfires”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 5:]
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In a war of words that has broken out between Khan and Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, the Mayor was accused of sending revenue-raising proposals to Shapps some three weeks late, giving him little choice but to extend negotiations. Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability." [2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8:]
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His left hand countered provokingly. [1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:]
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David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats. [2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 23:]