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running counter

running counter is the present participle and gerund of run counter.

Meaning of run counter

Verb

run counter (third-person singular simple present runs counter, present participle running counter, simple past ran counter, past participle run counter)

  1. To defy or oppose something, especially an expectation, custom, or social standard.

Questions about running counter

What is running counter the present participle and gerund of?
Running counter is the present participle and gerund of run counter.

Words near running counter in the dictionary

  1. running boards
  2. running by
  3. running circles around
  4. running commentaries
  5. running commentary
  6. running counter
  7. running coupling
  8. running couplings
  9. Running Creek
  10. running day
  11. running days

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running counter (page history and authors); run counter (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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