counterwork

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verb

To work in opposition to; to counteract.

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Meanings

verbcounterwork (third-person singular simple present counterworks, present participle counterworking, simple past and past participle counterworked)

present singular third person counterworks · participle present counterworking · participle past counterworked · past counterworked

  1. transitiveTo work in opposition to; to counteract.

    But Heav'n's great view is one, that that the Whole. That counterworks each folly and caprice;

    1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC
nouncounterwork (plural counterworks)

plural counterworks

  1. counterattack

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
counteract

Origin

From counter- + work.

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APA

counterwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterwork

MLA

“counterwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterwork. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterwork,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterwork.

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