Counter
counter (verb) - do something to have an opposite effect
the policy is an effective counter to unemployment
counter insurgency
counter the prolonged effect of weightlessness
action ran counter to government policy
counter intelligence
no friends or allies to counter the enemies gathering around him
counter proposals
offered them the chance to make counter-proposals
counter the growth of sentiments and manifestations of racism and xenophobia
counter demonstrations
measures far too weak to counter the impact of market forces
measures to counter smuggling and drug trafficking in the area
how can we counter the negative reactions when these issues are brought up
arguments and counter arguments
accusations and counter accusations between members of the community
his ideas ran counter to the government's ideas
best way to counter trespass is a fence
Example sentences:
* This contained many proposals for the regeneration of these areas, including greater central government expenditure, which ran counter to the government's ideas.
* It is only part of a battery of equipment the cosmonauts use to counter the prolonged effect of weightlessness but it is an important one and some alternative will have to be found before women undertake long duration flights.
* The best way to counter trespass is to put up waymarks, so rights of way should be properly signposted, not just marked at the edge of the road.
* The company halved its prices to counter Microsoft.
* Employees' representatives counter that many that accepted early retirement offers would never have done so without the promise that medical expenses would be covered for life.
* No development is helped by accusations and counter accusations between members of the community.
* The decision involved the total reduction of this large hilly area, and one can understand the arguments and counter arguments among Nero and his advisers; was Britain worth yet further military effort in the face of growing hostility and bitterness?
* The various government measures, regional policies, anti-discrimination legislation, etc., have been far too weak to counter the impact of market forces that affect more adversely the industrially weak groups in society.
* The present challenge for development communicators is how to counter the negative reactions when women's issues are brought up at national or international development discussions.
* In early October 1989 a border co-ordination conference agreed on greater co-operation in measures to counter smuggling and drug trafficking in the area.
* The European Council considers it necessary that the governments and parliaments of the member states should act clearly and unambiguously to counter the growth of sentiments and manifestations of racism and xenophobia.
* I pointed out that if there had been any counter demonstration effect would have been serious and very uncomfortable to both of us.
* With the parties arrayed against him and no Gaullist movement to counter them, he was left with no means of influencing the constitutional debate in a positive direction.
* He had offered China talks and the chance to make counter proposals, but talks about talks foundered on Beijing's insistence that Hong Kong representatives in the team should not have equal status.
