counteradvance

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noun

An advance that counters or goes against another advance.

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Meanings

nouncounteradvance (plural counteradvances)

plural counteradvances

  1. An advance that counters or goes against another advance.

    Roads crowded with fleeing refugees, and poor communications hampered Allied counteradvances. German units were equipped with radios while Allied commanders relied on the French telephone system.

    2020, David Luhrssen, World War II on Film, page 167

Origin

From counter- + advance.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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