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counterstands

counterstands is the plural of counterstand.

Meaning of counterstand

Noun

counterstand (plural counterstands)

  1. (archaic) A stand or stance against or in opposition
    • Your knowledge has no counterstand against her; / She makes provision, judges, and pursues / Her governance, as theirs the other gods.1867, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, transl., The Divine Comedy, volume I (Inferno), Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 42, lines 85–87

Questions about counterstands

What is counterstands the plural of?
Counterstands is the plural of counterstand.

Words near counterstands in the dictionary

  1. counterstamp
  2. counterstamped
  3. counterstamping
  4. counterstamps
  5. counterstand
  6. counterstands
  7. counterstate
  8. counterstated
  9. counterstatement
  10. counterstatements
  11. counterstates

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