COUNTERVAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does countervail mean? 

• COUNTERVAIL (verb)
  The verb COUNTERVAIL has 2 senses:

1. compensate for or counterbalance

2. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

  Familiarity information: COUNTERVAIL used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTERVAIL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they countervail    ... he / she / it countervails   
Past simple: countervailed   
Past participle: countervailed   
-ing form: countervailing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Compensate for or counterbalance

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

countervail; offset

Context example:

offset deposits and withdrawals

Hypernyms (to "countervail" is one way to...):

balance; equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize (bring into balance or equilibrium)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

counteract; counterbalance; countervail; neutralize

Context example:

This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues

Hypernyms (to "countervail" is one way to...):

cancel; offset; set off (make up for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "countervail"):

override (counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something