Definition of countercheck in English:
countercheck
noun ˈkaʊntətʃɛkˈkaʊn(t)ərˌtʃɛk
1A second check for security or accuracy.
Example sentencesExamples
- They're very interested in maintaining the appropriate levels of checks and counterchecks in the business because a good deal of their money is on the line.
- The Chaldaean and Babylonian empires were the first to build an elaborate system of checks and counterchecks, primarily to minimize errors and to safeguard state property from dishonest tax collectors.
Synonyms
counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance
2archaic A restraint.
the evil that we suffer is often a countercheck which restrains us from greater evil
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no countercheck to its emotions.
3archaic A sharp or incisive retort.
the countercheck quarrelsome
verb ˈkaʊntətʃɛkˈkaʊn(t)ərˌtʃɛk
[with object]archaic Stop (something) by acting to cancel or counteract it.
His Majesty with his own hand wrote to countercheck his former Warrant
Example sentencesExamples
- To countercheck the view that pluralism is tolerable or inevitable, the CDF published a declaration, Dominus Iesus.
- When two time travelers fight over something, they employ multitudes of selves to check and countercheck each other until there are swarms of you around.
Definition of countercheck in US English:
countercheck
nounˈkaʊn(t)ərˌtʃɛkˈkoun(t)ərˌCHek
1A second check for security or accuracy.
Example sentencesExamples
- They're very interested in maintaining the appropriate levels of checks and counterchecks in the business because a good deal of their money is on the line.
- The Chaldaean and Babylonian empires were the first to build an elaborate system of checks and counterchecks, primarily to minimize errors and to safeguard state property from dishonest tax collectors.
Synonyms
counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance
2archaic A restraint.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no countercheck to its emotions.
verbˈkaʊn(t)ərˌtʃɛkˈkoun(t)ərˌCHek
[with object]archaic Stop (something) by acting to cancel or counteract it.
the king with his own hand wrote to countercheck his former decree
Example sentencesExamples
- When two time travelers fight over something, they employ multitudes of selves to check and countercheck each other until there are swarms of you around.
- To countercheck the view that pluralism is tolerable or inevitable, the CDF published a declaration, Dominus Iesus.