countersign
verb🔊/ˈkaʊntəsaɪn/
🔊/ˈkaʊntərsaɪn/
(specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they countersign | 🔊/ˈkaʊntəsaɪn/ 🔊/ˈkaʊntərsaɪn/ |
| he / she / it countersigns | 🔊/ˈkaʊntəsaɪnz/ 🔊/ˈkaʊntərsaɪnz/ |
| past simple countersigned | 🔊/ˈkaʊntəsaɪnd/ 🔊/ˈkaʊntərsaɪnd/ |
| past participle countersigned | 🔊/ˈkaʊntəsaɪnd/ 🔊/ˈkaʊntərsaɪnd/ |
| -ing form countersigning | 🔊/ˈkaʊntəsaɪnɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈkaʊntərsaɪnɪŋ/ |
- countersign something
to sign a document that has already been signed by another person, especially in order to show that it is legally or officially acceptable 联署，副署，会签（文件） All orders must be countersigned by one of the directors. 所有订单必须由其中一名董事会签。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a noun): from French contresigner (verb), contresigne (noun), from Italian contrassegno, based on Latin signum ‘sign’.