COUNTERMARCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does countermarch mean? 

• COUNTERMARCH (noun)
  The noun COUNTERMARCH has 1 sense:

1. (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route

  Familiarity information: COUNTERMARCH used as a noun is very rare.

• COUNTERMARCH (verb)
  The verb COUNTERMARCH has 2 senses:

1. march back along the same way

2. change the order of soldiers during a march

  Familiarity information: COUNTERMARCH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTERMARCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("countermarch" is a kind of...):

march; marching (the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind))

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

• COUNTERMARCH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

March back along the same way

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "countermarch" is one way to...):

march; process (march in a procession)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Change the order of soldiers during a march

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "countermarch" is one way to...):

reorder (assign a new order to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s