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counterpropagate

counterpropagate verb: to propagate in opposite directions.

Verb

counterpropagate (third-person singular simple present counterpropagates, present participle counterpropagating, simple past and past participle counterpropagated)

  1. To propagate in opposite directions.

Forms of counterpropagate

third-person singular presentcounterpropagates
present participlecounterpropagating
past participlecounterpropagated
pastcounterpropagated

Origin of counterpropagate

From counter- + propagate.

Questions about counterpropagate

What does counterpropagate mean?
Counterpropagate means to propagate in opposite directions.
What part of speech is counterpropagate?
Counterpropagate is a verb.
What is the past tense of counterpropagate?
The past tense of counterpropagate is counterpropagated.

Words near counterpropagate in the dictionary

  1. counterpropagandists
  2. counterpropagandize
  3. counterpropagandized
  4. counterpropagandizes
  5. counterpropagandizing
  6. counterpropagate
  7. counterpropagated
  8. counterpropagates
  9. counterpropagating
  10. counterpropagation
  11. counterprophecies

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