Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to counterweight
Participle: counterweighted
Gerund: counterweighting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | counterweight |
| you | counterweight |
| he;she;it | counterweights |
| we | counterweight |
| you | counterweight |
| they | counterweight |
Perfect
| I | have counterweighted |
| you | have counterweighted |
| he;she;it | has counterweighted |
| we | have counterweighted |
| you | have counterweighted |
| they | have counterweighted |
Past
| I | counterweighted |
| you | counterweighted |
| he;she;it | counterweighted |
| we | counterweighted |
| you | counterweighted |
| they | counterweighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had counterweighted |
| you | had counterweighted |
| he;she;it | had counterweighted |
| we | had counterweighted |
| you | had counterweighted |
| they | had counterweighted |
Future
| I | will counterweight |
| you | will counterweight |
| he;she;it | will counterweight |
| we | will counterweight |
| you | will counterweight |
| they | will counterweight |
Future Perfect
| I | will have counterweighted |
| you | will have counterweighted |
| he;she;it | will have counterweighted |
| we | will have counterweighted |
| you | will have counterweighted |
| they | will have counterweighted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | counterweight |
| you | counterweight |
| he;she;it | counterweight |
| we | counterweight |
| you | counterweight |
| they | counterweight |
Perfect
| I | have counterweighted |
| you | have counterweighted |
| he;she;it | have counterweighted |
| we | have counterweighted |
| you | have counterweighted |
| they | have counterweighted |
Imperfect
| I | counterweighted |
| you | counterweighted |
| he;she;it | counterweighted |
| we | counterweighted |
| you | counterweighted |
| they | counterweighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had counterweighted |
| you | had counterweighted |
| he;she;it | had counterweighted |
| we | had counterweighted |
| you | had counterweighted |
| they | had counterweighted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would counterweight |
| you | would counterweight |
| he;she;it | would counterweight |
| we | would counterweight |
| you | would counterweight |
| they | would counterweight |
Perfect
| I | would have counterweighted |
| you | would have counterweighted |
| he;she;it | would have counterweighted |
| we | would have counterweighted |
| you | would have counterweighted |
| they | would have counterweighted |
Imperative
| you | counterweight |
| we | Let's counterweight |
| you | counterweight |
Verbs conjugated like 'counterweight'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'counterweight'
counterweigh,
counterfeit,
underweight,
counterpoint,
counterselect,
countersign,
counterwalt,
overweight,
counteract,
counteradapt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
4. Proto-Italic *kom
5. Proto-Italic *kom-
6. Proto-Indo-European *-teros
7. Proto-Italic *-teros
8. Proto-Italic *komterosder.
9. Proto-Italic *komterād
10. Latin contrāder.
11. Old French contre-
12. Anglo-Norman countre-bor.
13. Middle English counter-
14. English counter-
15. English weight
16. English counterweight
17. From counter- + weight.
Sample Sentences
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The lifting span, which rises vertically between the towers, weighs 465 tons and is counterweighted by four 110-ton weights. [1960 June 26, “New Lifting Bridge at Kings Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 388:]
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Everything on the grid – all the backdrops and curtains, anything that has to move up and down from the fly-tower – has to be counterweighted. [2018, Maggie Harcourt, Theatrical:]