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counterstep

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Definitions of counterstep word

  • noun counterstep an opposing step or measure 3
  • noun counterstep A measure taken to correct an action or situation; movement in the opposite direction. 1
  • noun counterstep The movement of dancers around a central point. From Contrapasso (IT). 0

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Parts of speech for Counterstep

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

counterstep popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

counterstep usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for counterstep

noun counterstep

  • corrective — Corrective measures or techniques are intended to put right something that is wrong.
  • countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
  • cure — If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
  • remedy — something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
  • antitoxin — an antibody that neutralizes a toxin

Antonyms for counterstep

noun counterstep

  • disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
  • damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
  • harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
  • hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
  • injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.

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