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odwołać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
  • countermand verb To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
  • depose verb To remove someone, especially a ruler or leader, from power.
  • drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
  • scrub verb To clean something by rubbing hard, often with a brush.

Senses

odwołać is used for these senses in English:

  • call off (transitive) To recall; to cancel or call a halt to.
  • cancel (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
  • countermand To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
  • countermand To recall a person or unit with such an order.
  • depose (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
  • drop (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
  • scrub (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.

cancel — full definition

  1. verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
  2. verb To make something officially invalid.
  3. verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
  4. verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.

countermand — full definition

  1. verb To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
  2. verb To recall a person or unit with such an order.
  3. verb To cancel an order for (some specified goods).
  4. verb To counteract, to act against, to frustrate.

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