countermand
Meaning of countermand
verb
- revoke or cancel (an order).
an order to arrest the strike leaders had been countermanded
- an order revoking a previous one.
I forthwith mounted, and went off, lest I should receive a countermand
late Middle English: from Old French contremander (verb), contremand (noun), from medieval Latin contramandare, from contra- ‘against’ + mandare ‘to order’.
Information about countermand
- The plural form of countermand is: countermands.
- Languages in which countermand is used:
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Hyphenation of countermand
coun-ter-mand
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- countermand is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
countermand synonyms
Meaning revoke:
revoke, annul, lift, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
Meaning cancel or reverse the effects or results of (a previous action or measure):
Meaning draw back:
Meaning discontinue or no longer provide (something previously supplied or offered):
Meaning repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement):
Meaning formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution):
Meaning reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure:
Meaning discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal:
Meaning use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.):
Meaning reject or disallow by exercising one's superior authority:
Meaning annul or revoke (a formal arrangement which is in effect):
Meaning make or prove (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous:
Meaning make legally null and void; invalidate:
Meaning make ineffective; nullify:
Meaning exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal):
Meaning repudiate; declare void:
Meaning tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation:
Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):
Meaning spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of:
Meaning end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly:
Meaning provide with a ditch or ditches:
Meaning deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way:
Meaning revoke or annul (an action or decision):
Meaning declare to be invalid; cancel:
countermand antonyms
Meaning confirm or support (something which has been questioned):
Words that rhyme with countermand
mand, Amand, Lallemand, OnDemand, allemand, counterdemand, demand, nondemand, overdemand, predemand, redemand, remand, superdemand, overreprimand, reprimand, Helmand, command, countercommand, miscommand, overcommand, precommand, recommand, subcommand, summand, telecommand, tomand, Armand, Normand, Ormand, confirmand, gormand, gourmand, fewmand
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