🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

철회하다

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cheolhwehada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Countermand/ˈkaʊn.tər.mænd/
verbnounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #28500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"사령관은 이전 명령을 철회했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To revoke an order previously given, especially by issuing a contrary directive.

    "The general had to countermand the advance order when reconnaissance revealed heavy enemy reinforcements."
As noun
  1. 1

    An order that revokes or contradicts a previous command.

    "The captain issued a sharp countermand, halting the crew just as they began lowering the sails."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the early 16th-century Old French word 'contremander', stemming from the Medieval Latin 'contra-' (against) plus 'mandare' (to command or order). Historically evolved within military and legal contexts to denote the formal revocation of a prior command through the issuance of a contrary order.

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