verb🔗ShareTo contradict, oppose."My sister countered my suggestion for a movie with a different one she preferred. "communicationlanguageactionstatementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing."Even as the boxer took a jab to the face, he countered with a powerful right hook. "sportactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo take action in response to; to respond."The student countered the teacher's claim with evidence from the textbook. "actioncommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo encounter."The teacher countered the student's claim that there was no homework by pointing to the assignment on the board. "actioncommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
