counter-clockwise
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Adverb[change]
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- If something moves counter-clockwise, it moves in the opposite direction of the hands of a clock.
- Synonyms: anticlockwise and anti-clockwise
Adjective[change]
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- (transitive) A counter-clockwise direction, movement, spin, etc., is in in the opposite direction of the hands of a clock.
- Synonyms: anticlockwise and anti-clockwise