counter-time

noun

An attack that responds to the opponent's counter-attack.

OriginEnglish time ← Middle English tyme ← Old English tīma →
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Meanings

nouncounter-time (plural counter-times)

plural counter-times

  1. fencingAn attack that responds to the opponent's counter-attack.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dih₂-mon-
  15. Proto-Germanic*tīmô
  16. Proto-West Germanic*tīmō
  17. Old Englishtīma
  18. Middle Englishtyme
  19. Englishtime
  20. Englishcounter-time

From counter- + time.

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APA

counter-time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counter-time

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“counter-time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counter-time. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counter-time,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counter-time.

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