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COUNTERMAND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("countermand" is a kind of...):

bid; bidding; command; dictation (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)

Derivation:

countermand (cancel officially)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cancel officially

Example:

vacate a death sentence

Synonyms:

annul; countermand; lift; overturn; repeal; rescind; reverse; revoke; vacate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "countermand" is one way to...):

cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "countermand"):

go back on; renege; renege on; renegue on (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

countermand (a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command)

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