countered
USKOWN-turd/ˈkaʊntəɹd/UKKOWN-tuhd/ˈkaʊntəd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of counter.
The senator countered the accusation with hard evidence.
He countered her opening move with a surprising attack.
Note
Both past forms are built the regular way, so the simple past and the past participle share one spelling: she countered, she has countered, the claim was countered. It carries the verb's senses of opposing, responding and, in boxing, hitting back while taking a blow. The old sense of encountering is obsolete. Despite the shared spelling, it has nothing to do with the noun for someone who counts.
countered is a form of counter
counter, verb: To contradict or oppose a person, statement, or action. Full entry
- Forms
- countercounters he/she/itcountering -ing formcountered past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- counter → countered: add -ed
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