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counts against

counts against is the third-person singular simple present indicative of count against.

Meaning of count against

Verb

count against (third-person singular simple present counts against, present participle counting against, simple past and past participle counted against)

  1. (transitive, usually) To be a black mark on (someone); to be able to harm (someone's) reputation; to be able to cause (someone) to be rejected.
    Antonyms:
    count towards

Questions about counts against

What is counts against the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Counts against is the third-person singular simple present indicative of count against.

Words near counts against in the dictionary

  1. countrywear
  2. countrywide
  3. countrywoman
  4. countrywomen
  5. counts
  6. counts against
  7. counts angels on pinheads
  8. counts calories
  9. counts cards
  10. counts chickens
  11. counts coup

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counts against (page history and authors); count against (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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