cancel
to make void, as a contract or other obligation; annul: to cancel a hotel reservation;to cancel a magazine subscription.
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.
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.
an act of canceling.
Printing, Bookbinding.
an omitted passage, page, etc.
a replacement for an omitted part.
Origin of cancel
1synonym study For cancel
Other words for cancel
Other words from cancel
- 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), re·can·celed, re·can·cel·ing or (especially British) re·can·celled, re·can·cel·ling.
- 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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How to use cancel in a sentence
This is a boon for accessibility for certain gamers with disabilities or those who just like their cancel button and accept button to be consistent across games.
Best Nintendo Switch controllers for any gamer | Nicholas Ware | November 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe thing that people who decry cancel culture often miss is that the examples they use are people who haven’t actually been canceled.
Dave Chappelle’s Pointless Transphobia and Homophobia | Kevin Fallon | October 8, 2021 | The Daily BeastAd watchRepublican State Legislative Committee, “cancel cancel Culture Before the Left Cancels You.”
Polls suggest that a lot of voters currently don’t know what cancel culture is — and that’s true even among Republicans, despite the party’s elites talking about cancel culture nonstop.
Why Attacking ‘Cancel Culture’ And ‘Woke’ People Is Becoming The GOP’s New Political Strategy | Perry Bacon Jr. (perry.bacon@fivethirtyeight.com) | March 17, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightWhat we now call cancel culture is the contentious nature of a free society wrestling with the respectable parameters of public speech.
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.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesDoes a debtor who turns over a note to his creditor in payment, thereby cancel the debt?
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesEither of the parties might cancel the bond, but only after a formal and public notice of his intentions.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonMendelssohn wanted to cancel the excommunication on the ground that the church has no rights in civil matters.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. | Solomon MaimonThe Law does not cancel the promise, but faith in the promised Christ cancels the Law.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians | Martin Luther
British Dictionary definitions for cancel
/ (ˈkænsəl) /
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 intr usually foll by out) 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
a new leaf or section of a book replacing a defective one, one containing errors, or one that has been omitted
a less common word for cancellation
music a US word for natural (def. 20)
Origin of cancel
1Derived forms of cancel
- canceller or US canceler, noun
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