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countercommands

countercommands is the plural of countercommand.

countercommands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of countercommand.

Meaning of countercommand

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

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Questions about countercommands

What is countercommands the plural of?
Countercommands is the plural of countercommand.

Words near countercommands in the dictionary

  1. countercolored
  2. countercombatant
  3. countercommand
  4. countercommanded
  5. countercommanding
  6. countercommands
  7. countercommercial
  8. countercommercials
  9. countercomplainant
  10. countercomplainants
  11. countercomplaint

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