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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Counteract \Coun`ter*act"\ (koun`t?r-?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Counteracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counteracting.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Counteract \Coun`ter*act"\ (koun`t?r-?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Counteracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counteracting.]
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  counteract
       v 1: act in opposition to [syn: antagonize, antagonise]
       2: oppose or check by a counteraction [syn: countercheck]
       3: oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions;
          "This will counteract the foolish actions of my
          colleagues" [syn: countervail, neutralize, counterbalance]
       4: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The
          Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
          [syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, subvert, weaken]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  counteract
     Αγγλικά vb.
     δρω εναντίον, αντιπαλεύω, αντιμάχομαι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  counteract
     n.
     An action performed in opposition to another action.
     vb.
     To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  counteract
     n.
     An action performed in opposition to another action.
     vb.
     To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  counteract
     n.
     An action performed in opposition to another action.
     vb.
     To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  counteract
     n.
     An action performed in opposition to another action.
     vb.
     To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  counteract
     Englanti vb.
     1 ehkäistä
     2 kiistää, vastustaa
     3 korvata

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  counteract
     Engelska vb.
     motverka

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Counteract /kˌaʊntəɹˈakt/
  صدّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  counteract //ˈkaʊntəɹˌækt// //ˌkaʊntəɹˈækt// 
  противодействам
  to act in opposition to

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  counteract /kˌaʊntəɹˈakt/ 
  mařit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  counteract /kˌaʊntəɹˈakt/
  jednat proti

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  counteract /kˌaʊntəɹˈakt/
  klást odpor

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  counteract /kˌaʊntəɹˈakt/ 
  entgegenarbeiten, entgegenwirken, zuwiderhandeln, konterkarieren 
   see: counteracting, counteracted, counteracts, counteracted
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  counteract /kˌaʊntəɹˈakt/
  
  καταπολεμώ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  counteract //ˈkaʊntəɹˌækt// //ˌkaʊntəɹˈækt// 
  vastustaa
  to act in opposition to

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  counteract /kˌaʊntəɹˈakt/ 
  1. प्रतिक्रिया~करना
        "We can counteract the effects of poison. "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  counteract /kˌaʊntəɹˈakt/
  protiviti se, suprotstaviti

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  counteract //ˈkaʊntəɹˌækt// //ˌkaʊntəɹˈækt// 
  motverka
  to act in opposition to

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  counteract /kˌaʊntəɹˈakt/
  1. karşı koymak, önlemek, tesirsiz hale getirmek. counteraction  karşı hareket. counteractive  karşı harekette bulunan, aksi tesir meydana getiren.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkaʊntɝˌækt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  117 Moby Thesaurus words for "counteract":
     annul, antagonize, baffle, balance, balk, be antipathetic,
     be at cross-purposes, be inimical, be opposed to, beat against,
     blast, brave, bump heads, cancel, cancel out, challenge, checkmate,
     circumvent, clash, collide, conflict, conflict with, confound,
     confront, confute, contend, contradict, contrapose, contraposit,
     contrast, contrast with, contravene, controvert, correct, counter,
     counterattack, counterbalance, countercheck, countermand,
     counterpoise, counterpose, countervail, counterweigh, counterwork,
     cross, dash, defeat, defy, destroy, discomfit, disconcert,
     discountenance, dish, disrupt, elude, equiponderate, face, fix,
     flummox, foil, front, frustrate, go against, go counter to,
     interfere with, join the opposition, juxtapose in opposition,
     knock the chocks, lie opposite, lock horns, match, meet head-on,
     militate against, mitigate, negate, negative, neutralize, nonplus,
     not abide, nullify, offset, oppose, oppugn, perplex,
     play at cross-purposes, polarize, pose against, protest,
     put in opposition, rectify, redress, resist, right, ruin,
     run against, run counter to, sabotage, scotch, set off,
     set over against, spike, spoil, square, square up, stand opposed,
     stand opposite, stonewall, stump, subtend, swim upstream,
     take issue with, thwart, traverse, upset, vote against, withstand,
     work against
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 抵消,阻碍,中和;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 抵消,阻碍,中和

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