counter-offensive
counter-offensive · more counter-offensive · most counter-offensive
Being or relating to an attack in response to a previous offensive, and intended to…Being or relating to an attack in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
Meaning
1 sensesBeing or relating to an attack in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
Origin
From counter- + offensive.From counter- + offensive.
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Forms
more counter-offensive, most counter-offensive| Comparative | more counter-offensive Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most counter-offensive Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedcounteroffensively
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.