countermove
countermove noun: a move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
Noun
countermove (plural countermoves)
- A move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
- move and countermove
- There are countermeasures to deceptive jamming, too, just as there are ECCCM to ECCM, all the way to infinity. It’s a giant chess game out there, moves to countermoves, and it never stops.1983, Michael Skinner, USAFE, a primer of modern air combat in Europe, page 69
Verb
countermove (third-person singular simple present countermoves, present participle countermoving, simple past and past participle countermoved)
- To move in opposition or in retaliation.
countermove meaning in Hindi and Tamil
countermove in Hindi
- countermove, response
- पलटवार palaṭvār
countermove in Tamil
- எதிர்ச் செயல்பாடு, எதிர்ப்புத் திட்டம்
Forms of countermove
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | countermoves |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | countermoves |
| present participle | countermoving |
| past participle | countermoved |
| past | countermoved |
Origin of countermove
From counter- + move.
Questions about countermove
- What does countermove mean?
- Countermove means a move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
- What is countermove in Hindi?
- Countermove in Hindi is पलटवार (palaṭvār). See Countermove meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is countermove?
- Countermove can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of countermove?
- The plural of countermove is countermoves.
Words near countermove in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: countermove (page history and authors); पलटवार (Hindi) (page history and authors); countermove (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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