"counterpressure" meaning in All languages combined

See counterpressure on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: counterpressures [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + pressure. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|pressure}} counter- + pressure Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} counterpressure (countable and uncountable, plural counterpressures)
  1. Pressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-counterpressure-en-noun-vrqsPvl~

Verb [English]

Forms: counterpressures [present, singular, third-person], counterpressuring [participle, present], counterpressured [participle, past], counterpressured [past]
Etymology: From counter- + pressure. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|pressure}} counter- + pressure Head templates: {{en-verb}} counterpressure (third-person singular simple present counterpressures, present participle counterpressuring, simple past and past participle counterpressured)
  1. (transitive) To apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-counterpressure-en-verb-Vs3p2~zZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with counter-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "counter",
        "3": "pressure"
      },
      "expansion": "counter- + pressure",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From counter- + pressure.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "counterpressures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "counterpressure (countable and uncountable, plural counterpressures)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 May 25, William Grimes, “Gone With the Windmill Farms, or, a Cape Cod Cautionary Tale”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Gradually, as the furor over Cape Wind gained national attention (in part because of an article in The New York Times Magazine), environmental groups like Greenpeace and powerful politicians in favor of alternative energy projects began to apply effective counterpressure. Mr. Cronkite, after sitting down and talking over the project with Mr. Gordon, withdrew his opposition.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another."
      ],
      "id": "en-counterpressure-en-noun-vrqsPvl~",
      "links": [
        [
          "Pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
        [
          "counterbalance",
          "counterbalance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "counterpressure"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "counter",
        "3": "pressure"
      },
      "expansion": "counter- + pressure",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From counter- + pressure.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "counterpressures",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterpressuring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterpressured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterpressured",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "counterpressure (third-person singular simple present counterpressures, present participle counterpressuring, simple past and past participle counterpressured)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with counter-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another."
      ],
      "id": "en-counterpressure-en-verb-Vs3p2~zZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
        [
          "counterbalance",
          "counterbalance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "counterpressure"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with counter-",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "counter",
        "3": "pressure"
      },
      "expansion": "counter- + pressure",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From counter- + pressure.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "counterpressures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "counterpressure (countable and uncountable, plural counterpressures)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 May 25, William Grimes, “Gone With the Windmill Farms, or, a Cape Cod Cautionary Tale”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Gradually, as the furor over Cape Wind gained national attention (in part because of an article in The New York Times Magazine), environmental groups like Greenpeace and powerful politicians in favor of alternative energy projects began to apply effective counterpressure. Mr. Cronkite, after sitting down and talking over the project with Mr. Gordon, withdrew his opposition.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
        [
          "counterbalance",
          "counterbalance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "counterpressure"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with counter-",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "counter",
        "3": "pressure"
      },
      "expansion": "counter- + pressure",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From counter- + pressure.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "counterpressures",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterpressuring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterpressured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "counterpressured",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "counterpressure (third-person singular simple present counterpressures, present participle counterpressuring, simple past and past participle counterpressured)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
        [
          "counterbalance",
          "counterbalance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "counterpressure"
}

Download raw JSONL data for counterpressure meaning in All languages combined (2.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.