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countercommand

countercommand noun: a command that cancels or reverses a previous command; a countermand.

Noun

countercommand (plural countercommands)

  1. A command that cancels or reverses a previous command; a countermand.
    • Someone else had given a countercommand — the Spanish soldiers were in riotous retreat! Don Carlos was engulfed by the screaming swirl of the Moorish horsemen.1933, Collier's Illustrated Weekly, volume 91, page 16

Verb

countercommand (third-person singular simple present countercommands, present participle countercommanding, simple past and past participle countercommanded)

  1. (transitive) To countermand (a previous command).
  2. (transitive) To countermand (a person or group).

Forms of countercommand

Noun
pluralcountercommands
Verb
third-person singular presentcountercommands
present participlecountercommanding
past participlecountercommanded
pastcountercommanded

Origin of countercommand

From counter- + command.

Questions about countercommand

What does countercommand mean?
Countercommand means a command that cancels or reverses a previous command; a countermand.
What part of speech is countercommand?
Countercommand can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of countercommand?
The plural of countercommand is countercommands.

Words near countercommand in the dictionary

  1. countercode
  2. countercodes
  3. countercolonial
  4. countercolored
  5. countercombatant
  6. countercommand
  7. countercommanded
  8. countercommanding
  9. countercommands
  10. countercommercial
  11. countercommercials

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