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counter-meet

counter-meet is the alternative form of countermeet.

Meaning of countermeet

Verb

countermeet (third-person singular simple present countermeets, present participle countermeeting, simple past and past participle countermet)

  1. To meet (something) in response to a thing; to counter.
    • I admire the question by which you have countermet and rebuked my own.1873, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], Kenelm Chillingly: His Adventures and Opinions […], 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II, page 322

Noun

counter-meet (plural counter-meets)

  1. A meet organized in response to or in opposition of another meet.
    • The Indian side had obtained very short notice of the Pakistani press meet. In a hurriedly convened counter-meet the usually restrained Indian foreign secretary, K. Raghunath, countered in unusually harsh terms.1998, Business India - Issues 530-536, page 41
    • For many, especially the athletes, these assurances from white and black leaders in San Antonio were enough to get them to forgo the counter-meet and try their luck in the South.2017, Louis Moore, We Will Win the Day, page 113

Forms of counter-meet

Verb
third-person singular presentcounter-meets
present participlecounter-meeting
past participlecounter-met
pastcounter-met
Noun
pluralcounter-meets

Origin of counter-meet

From counter- + meet.

Questions about counter-meet

What does counter-meet mean?
Counter-meet means a meet organized in response to or in opposition of another meet.
What is counter-meet the alternative form of?
Counter-meet is the alternative form of countermeet.
What part of speech is counter-meet?
Counter-meet is a noun.
What is the plural of counter-meet?
The plural of counter-meet is counter-meets.

Words near counter-meet in the dictionary

  1. counter-loans
  2. counter-magic
  3. Counter-Mannerism
  4. counter-mart
  5. counter-marts
  6. counter-meet
  7. counter-meeting
  8. counter-meetings
  9. counter-meets
  10. counter-melodies
  11. counter-melody

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