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countercommand en · NOUN

Etymology

From counter- + command.

Meanings

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:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
countercommands	Number=Plur		lexicographic

countercommand en · VERB

Etymology

From counter- + command.

Meanings

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

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
countercommands	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
countercommanding	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
countercommanded	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
countercommanded	Tense=Past		lexicographic