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counter-meet en · NOUN

Etymology

From counter- + meet.

Meanings

  1. A meet organized in response to or in opposition of another meet.
    • For many, especially the athletes, these assurances from white and black leaders in San Antonio were enough to get them to forgo the counter-meet and try their luck in the South. 2017, Louis Moore, We Will Win the Day, page 113:
    • The Indian side had obtained very short notice of the Pakistani press meet. In a hurriedly convened counter-meet the usually restrained Indian foreign secretary, K. Raghunath, countered in unusually harsh terms. 1998, Business India - Issues 530-536, page 41:

Forms

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counter-meets Number=Plur lexicographic

counter-meet en · VERB

Etymology

From counter- + meet.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of countermeet.
    • It may be that if in the Written Statement any positive averment or statement of fact was found regarding short delivery and the circumstances in which the Defendants were unable to give complete delivery to the Plaintiffs, then the Plaintiffs could have led some evidence to counter-meet the statements made in the Written Statement. 1975, Journal of Shipping, Customs & Transport Laws - Volume 2, page 65:

Forms

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counter-meets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
counter-met Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
counter-met Tense=Past lexicographic
counter-meeting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic