COUNTERCLAIM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does counterclaim mean? 

• COUNTERCLAIM (noun)
  The noun COUNTERCLAIM has 1 sense:

1. a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action

  Familiarity information: COUNTERCLAIM used as a noun is very rare.

• COUNTERCLAIM (verb)
  The verb COUNTERCLAIM has 1 sense:

1. set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim

  Familiarity information: COUNTERCLAIM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTERCLAIM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("counterclaim" is a kind of...):

action; action at law; legal action (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

counterclaim (set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim)

• COUNTERCLAIM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they counterclaim    ... he / she / it counterclaims   
Past simple: counterclaimed   
Past participle: counterclaimed   
-ing form: counterclaiming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "counterclaim" is one way to...):

claim (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

counterclaim (a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action)