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countersigning

countersigning is the present participle and gerund of countersign.

Meaning of countersign

Verb

countersign (third-person singular simple present countersigns, present participle countersigning, simple past and past participle countersigned)

  1. (transitive) To sign on the opposite side of (a document).
  2. (broadly, transitive) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.
    Synonyms:
    witness

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Questions about countersigning

What is countersigning the present participle and gerund of?
Countersigning is the present participle and gerund of countersign.

Words near countersigning in the dictionary

  1. countersignature
  2. countersignatures
  3. countersigned
  4. countersigner
  5. countersigners
  6. countersigning
  7. countersigns
  8. countersing
  9. countersinging
  10. countersings
  11. countersink

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Adapted from Wiktionary: countersigning (page history and authors); countersign (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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