countercommand

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noun

A command that cancels or reverses a previous command; a countermand.

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Meanings

nouncountercommand (plural countercommands)

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

present singular third person countercommands · participle present countercommanding · participle past countercommanded · past countercommanded

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

Origin

From counter- + command.

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APA

countercommand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercommand

MLA

“countercommand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercommand. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countercommand,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercommand.

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