Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to counter-attack
Participle: counter-attacked
Gerund: counter-attacking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | counter-attack |
| you | counter-attack |
| he;she;it | counter-attacks |
| we | counter-attack |
| you | counter-attack |
| they | counter-attack |
Perfect
| I | have counter-attacked |
| you | have counter-attacked |
| he;she;it | has counter-attacked |
| we | have counter-attacked |
| you | have counter-attacked |
| they | have counter-attacked |
Past
| I | counter-attacked |
| you | counter-attacked |
| he;she;it | counter-attacked |
| we | counter-attacked |
| you | counter-attacked |
| they | counter-attacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had counter-attacked |
| you | had counter-attacked |
| he;she;it | had counter-attacked |
| we | had counter-attacked |
| you | had counter-attacked |
| they | had counter-attacked |
Future
| I | will counter-attack |
| you | will counter-attack |
| he;she;it | will counter-attack |
| we | will counter-attack |
| you | will counter-attack |
| they | will counter-attack |
Future Perfect
| I | will have counter-attacked |
| you | will have counter-attacked |
| he;she;it | will have counter-attacked |
| we | will have counter-attacked |
| you | will have counter-attacked |
| they | will have counter-attacked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | counter-attack |
| you | counter-attack |
| he;she;it | counter-attack |
| we | counter-attack |
| you | counter-attack |
| they | counter-attack |
Perfect
| I | have counter-attacked |
| you | have counter-attacked |
| he;she;it | have counter-attacked |
| we | have counter-attacked |
| you | have counter-attacked |
| they | have counter-attacked |
Imperfect
| I | counter-attacked |
| you | counter-attacked |
| he;she;it | counter-attacked |
| we | counter-attacked |
| you | counter-attacked |
| they | counter-attacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had counter-attacked |
| you | had counter-attacked |
| he;she;it | had counter-attacked |
| we | had counter-attacked |
| you | had counter-attacked |
| they | had counter-attacked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would counter-attack |
| you | would counter-attack |
| he;she;it | would counter-attack |
| we | would counter-attack |
| you | would counter-attack |
| they | would counter-attack |
Perfect
| I | would have counter-attacked |
| you | would have counter-attacked |
| he;she;it | would have counter-attacked |
| we | would have counter-attacked |
| you | would have counter-attacked |
| they | would have counter-attacked |
Imperative
| you | counter-attack |
| we | Let's counter-attack |
| you | counter-attack |
Verbs conjugated like 'counter-attack'
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-attack'
counterattack,
counterattract,
counter-canter,
counteract,
counteradapt,
counterbalance,
counterbrace,
countercheck,
countermarch,
countermark,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
4. Proto-Italic *kom
5. Proto-Italic *kom-
6. Proto-Indo-European *-teros
7. Proto-Italic *-teros
8. Proto-Italic *komterosder.
9. Proto-Italic *komterād
10. Latin contrāder.
11. Old French contre-
12. Anglo-Norman countre-bor.
13. Middle English counter-
14. English counter-
15. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
16. Proto-Italic *ad
17. Proto-Italic *ad-
18. Latin ad-
19. Italian a-
20. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
21. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
22. Proto-Italic *dis-
23. Latin dis-
24. Old French des-
25. Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-
26. Proto-Germanic *stikaną
27. Proto-West Germanic *stekander.
28. Old French atachier
29. Old French destachier
30. Middle French destacherbor.
31. Italian distaccare
32. Italian staccare
33. Italian attaccarebor.
34. French attaquerdeverb.
35. French attaquebor.
36. English attack
37. English counter-attack
38. From counter- + attack.
Sample Sentences
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Taking a full-page advertisement in the New York Times, the New Haven counter-attacked with vigour. [1959 September, “Talking of Trains: Attack and counter-attack”, in Trains Illustrated, page 405:]