English Explanatory Dictionary

countersignal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A signal produced in response to another signal.
verb
  1. To send a false or misleading signal.
  2. To send a contrasting signal.
  3. To signal opposition to (someone or something); distance oneself from; disassociate.

Word forms

countersignal countersignals countersignaling countersignalling countersignaled countersignalled

Etymology

From counter- + signal.

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