countermandとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːnd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntɚˌmænd/, /ˌkaʊntɚˈmænd/

動詞

countermand (三人称単数 現在形 countermands, 現在分詞 countermanding, 過去形および過去分詞形 countermanded) (transitive)

1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.

   Synonyms: cancel, rescind

   to countermand an order for goods

2. To recall a person or unit with such an order.
3. To prohibit.

   Synonyms: prohibit, forbid

   • 1672 Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions

     Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles.

4. To oppose; to revoke the command of.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him.

   • 2018 February 28, Justine Jordan, “Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday review – a dizzying debut”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Early on, Ezra gives her a lesson to countermand the endless female impulse to apologise: “Darling, don’t continually say ‘I’m sorry’. Next time you feel like saying ‘I’m sorry’, instead say ‘Fuck you’.”

名詞

countermand (複数形 countermands)

1. An order to the contrary of a previous one.