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counterprotesting

counterprotesting is the present participle and gerund of counterprotest.

Meaning of counterprotest

Verb

counterprotest (third-person singular simple present counterprotests, present participle counterprotesting, simple past and past participle counterprotested)

  1. (ambitransitive) To protest in opposition to another protest.
    • In April, for example, she attacked a group of health care workers in Colorado who had counterprotested against people calling for an end to stay-at-home orders, suggesting they were “actors playing parts.”2020 August 26, Elaina Plott, “G.O.P. Women in Arizona Could Decide an Unexpected 2020 Battle”, in The New York Times

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Questions about counterprotesting

What is counterprotesting the present participle and gerund of?
Counterprotesting is the present participle and gerund of counterprotest.

Words near counterprotesting in the dictionary

  1. counterpropositions
  2. counterprotest
  3. counterprotested
  4. counterprotester
  5. counterprotesters
  6. counterprotesting
  7. counterprotestor
  8. counterprotestors
  9. counterprotests
  10. counterprove
  11. counterproved

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