Meanings
nouncounterquestion (plural counterquestions)
plural counterquestions
- A question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.
This leads to a counterquestion — why can’t M.L.B. be happy to initiate its channel with a combined guaranteed 30 million subscribers?
2007 March 9, Richard Sandomir, “Baseball Bends on TV Plan, but Doubts Linger”, in New York Times
verbcounterquestion (third-person singular simple present counterquestions, present participle counterquestioning, simple past and past participle counterquestioned)
present singular third person counterquestions · participle present counterquestioning · participle past counterquestioned · past counterquestioned
- To ask a counterquestion.
Origin
Translations
Dutch wedervraag
- wedervraagquestion that serves as a reply
Finnish vastakysymys
- vastakysymysquestion that serves as a reply
French contre-question
- contre-questionquestion that serves as a reply
German Gegenfrage
- Gegenfragequestion that serves as a reply
Swedish motfråga
- motfrågaquestion that serves as a reply
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“counterquestion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterquestion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterquestion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterquestion.
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