🛡️counteract (kaʊntərækt)

verb
/ˌkaʊntərˈækt/
contrer (contrer)

Signification

to act against something in order to reduce its effect
Traduction de la signification
agir contre quelque chose pour réduire son effet
agir contre quelque chose pour réduire son effet

Phrases d'exemple

The medicine helps counteract the side effects of the treatment.

Le médicament aide à contrer les effets secondaires du traitement.
Le médicament aide à contrer les effets secondaires du traitement.

Synonymes

neutralize, offset, oppose, resist

Antonymes

promote, support

Collocations

counteract effects, counteract influence, counteract impact, counteract problem

Vocabulaires connexes

To control or maintain something by rules or laws
To reduce the number of people living in a place.
To form or cause to form into grains or small particles.
To pronounce with a hissing sound.
To make someone very happy or proud.
to occur or take place; to come about by chance