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- Jill
- I'm an AVID elective teacher and a writing teacher in Kapolei, Hawaii. I enjoy making jewelry, sewing, cooking/baking, organizing, home design, and all things paper related.
Aaron Bernath Period 2 1/3/09
ReplyDeleteCountermand
1.) to revoke or cancel
2.) to recall or stop by a contrary order
3.) a command, order, etc., revoking a previous one
1.The seargant had to countermand his previous order because they were facing too many casualties.
ReplyDelete2.The customer countermanded his order because it took so long.
She countermanded our date because she was sick.
ReplyDeleteMy picnic was countermanded by the pouring rain.
- The general countermanded the orders issued in his absence
ReplyDelete- We cannot countermand the legal advice that we have received
1) The president had to countermand the bill because he did not have the money to support it.
ReplyDelete2) The robot blew up because too many of the commands given by the master were countermanding others.
The order for homework was countermanded by the teacher.
ReplyDeleteMy friend countermanded my wedding because he loved my girlfriend.
Jasmine Fujimoto:Period 3:1/20/10
ReplyDelete1. After hearing that their enemy surrendered, they coutermanded their ships to return to base.
2. After realizing that she loved someone else, the bride countermanded her wedding.
Seulki Hwang. Pd.2. February 26, 2010
ReplyDeleteCOUNTERMAND definitions:
-to revoke or cancel
-to recall
-stop by a order or command
1. The school countermanded the field trip to the theaters because a lot of students were failing their classes.
2. My mom made me countermand the order of my posters because the shipping was taking too long.
Michelle Quach Period 3 Feb. 24, 2010
ReplyDeletev. coun·ter·mand·ed, coun·ter·mand·ing, coun·ter·mands
1. To cancel or reverse (a previously issued command or order).
2. To recall by a contrary order: countermanded the air strikes.
n. (kountr-mnd)
1. An order or command reversing another one.
2. Cancellation of an order or command.
1. I COUNTERMANDED my order of clothes online because I felt bad for spending 100 dollars.
2. My dad COUNTERMANDED my sister from doing the dishes because he told me to do it instead.
Phon Huynh, Per.3, 2/27/10
ReplyDelete1. I COUNTERMANDED the plans I had with my friends because my dad said I couldn't go.
2. The project that was assigned to the class was COUNTERMANDED by the teacher due to the lack of time.