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[ kan-suhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to make void, as a contract or other obligation; annul: to cancel a magazine subscription.
to cancel a hotel reservation;
to cancel a magazine subscription.
Synonyms: rescind, countermand
- to decide or announce that a planned event will not take place; call off:
to cancel a meeting.
- to mark or perforate (a postage stamp, admission ticket, etc.) so as to render invalid for reuse.
- to neutralize; compensate for; counterbalance:
His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark.
- to publicly reject, boycott, or no longer support (a person or group) because of socially or morally unacceptable views or actions:
Fans have been quick to cancel their favorite rapper or other celebrity.
- Accounting.
- to close (an account) by crediting or paying all outstanding charges:
He plans to cancel his account at the department store.
- to eliminate or offset (a debit, credit, etc.) with an entry for an equal amount on the opposite side of a ledger, as when a payment is received on a debt.
- Mathematics. to eliminate by striking out a factor common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, equivalent terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc.
- to cross out (words, letters, etc.) by drawing a line over the item.
- Printing. to omit.
verb (used without object)
- to counterbalance or compensate for one another; become neutralized (often followed by out ):
The pros and cons cancel out.
- Mathematics. (of factors common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, certain terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc.) to be equivalent; to allow cancellation.
noun
- an act of canceling.
- Printing, Bookbinding.
- an omitted passage, page, etc.
- a replacement for an omitted part.
cancel
/ ˈkænsəl /
verb
- to order (something already arranged, such as a meeting or event) to be postponed indefinitely; call off
- to revoke or annul
the order for the new television set was cancelled
- to delete (writing, numbers, etc); cross out
he cancelled his name and substituted hers
- to mark (a cheque, postage stamp, ticket, etc) with an official stamp or by a perforation to prevent further use
- also intrusually foll byout to counterbalance; make up for (a deficiency, etc)
his generosity cancelled out his past unkindness
- to close (an account) by discharging any outstanding debts
- sometimes foll by out accounting to eliminate (a debit or credit) by making an offsetting entry on the opposite side of the account
- maths
- to eliminate (numbers, quantities, or terms) as common factors from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction or as equal terms from opposite sides of an equation
- intr to be able to be eliminated in this way
noun
- a new leaf or section of a book replacing a defective one, one containing errors, or one that has been omitted
- See cancellationa less common word for cancellation
- See naturalmusic a US word for natural
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Derived Forms
- ˈcanceller, noun
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Other Words From
- can·cel·a·ble especially British, can·cel·la·ble adjective
- can·cel·er especially British, can·cel·ler noun
- re·can·cel verb (used with object) recanceled recanceling or (especially British) recancelled recancelling
- self-can·celed adjective
- self-can·celled adjective
- un·can·cel·a·ble adjective
- un·can·celed adjective
- un·can·cel·la·ble adjective
- un·can·celled adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cancel1
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Origin of cancel1
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Example Sentences
Did he participate in his own extortion and cancel his plans for a big Christmas premiere?
My family is ready to mount an intervention, and cancel my streaming accounts.
Should we cancel gatherings, reunions, excursions, or throw ourselves into them with even more gratitude for one another?
Presumably, without those subsidies, most will just cancel their policies.
In a statement, the MoD admitted that it had been forced to cancel the rest of the training program.
A lease made by a minor is not void, but he may avoid or cancel it by some positive act.
Does a debtor who turns over a note to his creditor in payment, thereby cancel the debt?
Either of the parties might cancel the bond, but only after a formal and public notice of his intentions.
Mendelssohn wanted to cancel the excommunication on the ground that the church has no rights in civil matters.
The Law does not cancel the promise, but faith in the promised Christ cancels the Law.
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