Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To send a false or misleading signal.

  2. (intransitive)To send a contrasting signal.

  3. (transitive)To signal opposition to (someone or something); distance oneself from; disassociate.

Origin

From counter- + signal.

From counter- + signal.

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Forms

countersignals, countersignaling, countersignaled, countersignaled
Base formcountersignal · to countersignal
3rd person singularcountersignals
Present participlecountersignaling
Past simplecountersignaled / countersignalled
Past participlecountersignaled / countersignalled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycountersignal
he, she, itcountersignals

Past simpleLesson

all personscountersignaled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave countersignaled
he, she, ithas countersignaled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill countersignal

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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