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Definition of "counterplan" []

  • A plan intended to counter or oppose another plan. (noun)
  • An alternate plan. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "counterplan" in a sentence
  • "David recently commented that "The debaters pushing the envelope of innovation don't need Brechtian Performative Invitational Ironic Interpretive Masai Dance (with a dispositional counterplan) to beat two kids who just transferred from a community college to a nationally-ranked four-year school and are in their first Open-division round ever at a major tournament.""
  • "The British counterplan, Operation COLD WATER, went into effect: Thirty airplanes took off for Berlin."
  • "After a long period of normal progress, Jefri had come back with a counterplan."
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