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noun
An order to the contrary of a previous one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: cancel, rescind, veto, override, counteract
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To recall a person or unit with such an order.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To cancel an order for (some specified goods).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To counteract, to act against, to frustrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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verb
To prohibit (a course of action or behavior).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: prohibit, forbid
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verb
To oppose or revoke the command of (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To maintain control of, to keep under command.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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noun
a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: command, bid, bidding, dictation
verb
cancel officially
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: revoke, annul, lift, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cancel, strike down
Narrower terms: renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on
History
From Old French contremander, from Medieval Latin contramandō, from contra + mandō (“to order; to command”).
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
