counterweigh

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UK/kaʊntəˈweɪ/

verb

To act as counterbalance (against something).

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Meanings

verbcounterweigh (third-person singular simple present counterweighs, present participle counterweighing, simple past and past participle counterweighed)

present singular third person counterweighs · participle present counterweighing · participle past counterweighed · past counterweighed

  1. intransitiveTo act as counterbalance (against something).
  2. transitiveTo counterbalance; to balance out.

    Yet Francis's favour could not counterweigh the disastrous flaw in European Christian mission in Africa, its association with the Portuguese slave trade.

    2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 709

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
counterbalanceequiponderateneutralize

Origin

From counter- + weigh, under the influence Anglo-Norman contrepeser (“to counterpoise”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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