countering
- 1Present participle and gerund of counter.
The defenders focused on countering the enemy's sudden advance.
Countering misinformation requires patient and careful explanation.
Note
The -ing form of the verb that opposes and answers. It covers contradicting a claim, responding to a move, and the boxer's trick of returning a blow while taking one. As a gerund it heads a noun phrase (countering misinformation takes patience); as a participle it follows be (they were countering every argument). The noun counter, "one who counts," is a different word, so countering never means counting. An obsolete use meant simply "encountering."
countering is a form of counter
counter, verb: To contradict or oppose a person, statement, or action. Full entry
- Spelling
- counter → countering: add -ing
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