counterdrive

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noun

A drive that counteracts another drive.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nouncounterdrive (plural counterdrives)

plural counterdrives

  1. A drive that counteracts another drive.

    In fact, momentum is gaining for a counterdrive so that states can recall earlier petitions for such a convention, with two states voting to do so in 1988.

    1991, Thomas Dexter Lynch, Federal Budget and Financial Management Reform, page 72

Origin

From counter- + drive.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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