counterclockwise
adverb, adjective/ˌkaʊntəˈklɒkwaɪz/
/ˌkaʊntərˈklɑːkwaɪz/
(North American English) (British English anticlockwise)
- in the opposite direction to the movement of the hands of a clock opposite clockwiseOxford Collocations DictionaryCounterclockwise is used with these nouns:
- direction
- motion
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