Countermand - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).

Примеры использования:

The tax was abolished in 1977

verb

Do away with

verb

To put an end to something, such as an organization, rule, or custom

Примеры использования:

Massachusetts voters abolished rent control.

verb

Repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).

Примеры использования:

A proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike

verb

To officially end a law, agreement, or custom

Примеры использования:

The opposition party pledged to abrogate the law if they won the election.

verb

To end a law, agreement, or custom formally

Примеры использования:

The treaty was abrogated in 1929.

verb

Declare invalid (an official agreement, decision, or result).

Примеры использования:

The decision was annulled by the courts

verb

To announce officially a law, marriage, or other contract as no longer existing

Примеры использования:

The contract was finally annulled., you will need a court hearing to get an annulment.

verb

To state officially that something such as a law, agreement, or marriage no longer exists

Примеры использования:

The court did not annul the sentences but ruled they should be reviewed., we will seek an early hea…

verb

Decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place.

Примеры использования:

He was forced to cancel his visit

noun

A mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used.

Примеры использования:

A stamp franked and with an adhesive cancel

verb

To decide that something arranged in advance will not happen, or to state that you do not wish to receive something

Примеры использования:

[ i ] we were supposed to meet for dinner but elise had to cancel at the last minute., [ t ] he col…

phrasal verb

Terminate, end, or take out

phrasal verb

To get rid of or destroy something

Примеры использования:

The governor is proposing to do away with the state transportation department.

verb

Make or prove (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous.

Примеры использования:

His second is that finding unpleasant - even horrible - application of a scientific theory or philo…

verb

To make something not true, or to make something unacceptable

Примеры использования:

A few minor factual errors should not invalidate the theory.

verb

To officially stop a document, contract, etc. being legally or officially acceptable

Примеры использования:

If you do not go to an approved garage, you are likely to invalidate a warranty on a new car., the …

verb

Make ineffective; nullify.

Примеры использования:

Alcohol negates the effects of the drug

verb

To show something to be wrong or to be the opposite of what was thought, or to cause something to have no effect

Примеры использования:

The increase in sales was negated by the rising cost of materials.

verb

Make legally null and void; invalidate.

Примеры использования:

It is at the discretion of the court to nullify the decision

verb

To cause an agreement or result to be no longer effective or consider it as not existing

Примеры использования:

The referee nullified the goal.

verb

To make a legal agreement or decision no longer have any legal force

Примеры использования:

The airline wants to nullify employees' contracts if no settlement is reached., a suit has been fil…

verb

Use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.).

Примеры использования:

The courts will ultimately override any objections

noun

A device for suspending an automatic function on a machine.

Примеры использования:

The flash has to have a manual override to be useful

verb

To ignore or refuse to accept a suggestion, idea, or method that already exists or operates

Примеры использования:

The legislature voted to override the presidential veto.

verb

Reject or disallow by exercising one's superior authority.

Примеры использования:

Chief judge moran overruled the government's objections

verb

Tip (something) over so that it is on its side or upside down.

Примеры использования:

The crowd proceeded to overturn cars and set them on fire

noun

An act of overturning something.

Примеры использования:

For the most part the only people who actually bothered to look at the registration rolls and allow…

verb

To turn over, or to cause something to turn over

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the truck overturned, spilling its cargo., [ t ] the court of appeals overturned her convicti…

verb

Reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure.

Примеры использования:

His conviction was quashed on appeal

verb

To stop or block something from happening

Примеры использования:

The secretary of defense tried to quash speculation that he was planning to resign following the di…

verb

To state officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted

Примеры использования:

Quash a conviction/decision/order his conviction was quashed in march after a lengthy legal battle.…

verb

Revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament).

Примеры использования:

The legislation was repealed five months later

noun

The action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament.

Примеры использования:

The house voted in favour of repeal

verb

(of a government) to make a law no longer a law

Примеры использования:

Legislators repealed the sales tax., senators called for the law’s repeal.

verb

Revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

Примеры использования:

The government eventually rescinded the directive

verb

To make a law, order, or decision no longer have any legal effect

Примеры использования:

The vote rescinds zoning decisions made earlier in the decade.

verb

To officially end a law, take back a decision, or say that an agreement no longer exists

Примеры использования:

Rescind a law/contract/decision we urge the committee to rescind its decision.

verb

Draw back.

Примеры использования:

She retracted her hand as if she'd been burnt

verb

To say publicly that you will not do something you had said you would do, or to admit that something that you had said was true is false

Примеры использования:

[ t ] she had to retract statements in published articles., [ t ] the pilot retracted the landing g…

verb

To take back an offer or statement, etc. or admit that a statement was false

Примеры использования:

Retract a statement/comment/decision a political uproar followed, and he quickly retracted his comm…

verb

Move backwards.

Примеры использования:

The lorry reversed into the back of a bus

adjective

Going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated.

Примеры использования:

The trend appears to be going in the reverse direction

noun

A complete change of direction or action.

Примеры использования:

The gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis

verb

Officially cancel (a decree, decision, or promise).

Примеры использования:

The men appealed and the sentence was revoked

verb

To say officially that an agreement, permission, or law is no longer effective

Примеры использования:

Licenses can be revoked for up to five years.

verb

To state officially that an agreement, right, or legal document is no longer effective

Примеры использования:

The commission may revoke the registration of anyone convicted of a felony in the past 10 years., r…

noun

A small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.

Примеры использования:

I scribbled her address on a scrap of paper

verb

Discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal.

Примеры использования:

A bold decision was taken to scrap existing plant

verb

Engage in a minor fight or quarrel.

Примеры использования:

The older boys started scrapping with me

phrasal verb

Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

phrasal verb

To save for a particular purpose

Примеры использования:

He sets aside some time every day to read to his children., after melting the chocolate, set it asi…

phrasal verb

To save something, especially money, for a special purpose

Примеры использования:

Businesses that create new jobs are eligible for a tax credit, for which the state currently sets a…

verb

Unfasten, untie, or loosen (something).

Примеры использования:

The knot was difficult to undo

noun

A feature of a computer program that allows a user to cancel or reverse the last command executed.

Примеры использования:

The undo command

verb

Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect

noun

A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a lawmaking body.

Примеры использования:

Neither state was given a veto over amendments to the act

verb

Exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal).

Примеры использования:

The president vetoed the bill

noun

The power to refuse to allow something to be done, or such a refusal

Примеры использования:

[ c ] the president has promised a veto if congress passes that bill., [ u ] the mayor will have no…

verb

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

Примеры использования:

Ruth withdrew her hand from his

verb

Pull back or move away or backward

verb

To take something back, or to remove something

Примеры использования:

[ t ] he asked that his name be withdrawn from nomination for a golden globe award., [ t ] democrat…