counterweigh
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Present
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counterweighsimple
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counterweighssimple
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have counterweighedperfect
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has counterweighedperfect
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am counterweighingprogressive
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are counterweighingprogressive
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is counterweighingprogressive
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have been counterweighingperfect progressive
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has been counterweighingperfect progressive
Past
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counterweighedsimple
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had counterweighedperfect
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was counterweighingprogressive
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were counterweighingprogressive
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had been counterweighingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of counterweigh
1400–50; late Middle English countreweyen; see counter-, weigh 1
Example Sentences
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Experts say the Vasa sunk because it lacked the ballast to counterweigh its heavy guns.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
Just more than a year earlier, Nancy Dubuc had left A&E to become president of the History Channel with a mission to counterweigh the network's battle anniversary tributes with more confectionary original content.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 21, 2010
A rough gauge of where that balance lies can be found in the military muscle of Iran and Syria, the two heavies that Iraq's forces must counterweigh.
From Time Magazine Archive
How can a brother counterweigh His grievous loss with joys of sway, And see with dull unpitying eye So brave and good a brother die?
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
He so chastened his harshness with mercy, that he seemed to counterweigh the one with the other.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus
If one slight column counterweighs The ocean, 'tis the Maker's law, Who deems obedience better praise Than sacrifice of erring awe.
From Angel in the House by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
If one slight column counterweighs The ocean, 'tis the Maker's law, Who deems obedience better praise Than sacrifice of erring awe.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
I was surprised by the way ordinary pleasures — birds on our feeder, the sticky grasp of toddler fingers or a sip of water after a run — counterweighed the sorrow.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2018
Heavy pieces such as pianos are counterweighed with bricks on the opposite side of the houses, and interior design follows the Dutch principle of gezellig, or “coziness,” which incorporates soft lighting and modern fixtures.
From Washington Post
"Law and order" was judiciously counterweighed with a call for equal opportunities.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Soviet advantage in numbers of missiles was presumably counterweighed by U.S. superiority in accuracy, sophistication and numbers of nuclear bombs, since more U.S. missiles carry multiple warheads.
From Time Magazine Archive
Accountant is trained to do a balancing trick, Lifting the pane of profit counterweighed by black!
From Truth and the Myth : Couplets quips by Narayanan, A. R.
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