counteraction
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An act of retaliation; a counterattack.
noun
Any action in opposition to a previous action.
Example Sentences
- "On the other hand, it can be observed that, with small exceptions, the S. pneumonia strains are the only Streptococci equipped with homospermidine biosynthesis and pyruvate oxidation pathways, which have been found to be involved in pathogenicity mechanisms [50 ] and in the counteraction of oxidative stress [51 ]."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Old French aucionbor. Middle English accioun English action English counteraction From counter- + action.