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countermand

Meaningagainst

Common meaning: cancel a previous order

Journey through time

  1. Latincontra‘against’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsagainst → revoke an ordercontremander‘revoke an order’source
  3. Englishcountermand‘cancel a previous order’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin contra ‘against’.

Roots

  • contra Latin “against a proclamation”

Related words

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