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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːnd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkaʊntɚˌmænd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌkaʊntɚˈmænd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-countermand.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ab/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-countermand.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-countermand.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ab/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-countermand.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-countermand.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrordre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrordine"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otména prikáza/rasporjažénija",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "отме́на прика́за/распоряже́ния"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kontrprikáz",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "контрприка́з"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opoziv"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kontranaredba"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "contraorden"
}
],
"word": "countermand"
}
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