cancel

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/ˈkæn.sl̩/

verb 5noun 5name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

better, rainy

We decided to cancel the picnic because of the rainy weather.

VERB + CANCEL

compelled, decided, don't, forced, ground, let's, like, sense

We decided to cancel the trip because of the bad weather forecast.

CANCEL + NOUN

advantage, appointment, flight, l, reservation, reservations, ticket, vacation

I had to cancel my flight because I came down with the flu last week.

PREP.

in, on, on, out

I had to cancel out my afternoon appointment because of a work emergency.

Definitions

verb

To cross out something with lines etc.

A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it.

To invalidate or annul something.

He cancelled his order on their website.

"I don't know what your agreement was, Herr Professor, but if it had money in it, cancel it. I want him to learn that lesson, too."

To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.

This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.

To offset or equalize something.

The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.

To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.

Such a 2-handle cancels the 1-handle so the manifold is D⁴.

noun

A cancellation.

An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.

A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit[…]desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body.

The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.

The page thus suppressed.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

natural

verb — make invalid for use

invalidate

verb — remove or make invisible

delete

verb — postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

verb — make up for

offset

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

cancel someone's Christmas

To kill or destroy someone.

Example Bank

Wiktionary

He cancelled his order on their website.

Wiktionary

"I don't know what your agreement was, Herr Professor, but if it had money in it, cancel it. I want him to learn that lesson, too."

Wiktionary

A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit[…]desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body.

Wiktionary

I am very sorry, but I must cancel our appointment for February 27.

Tatoeba · #19152

A sudden illness forced her to cancel her appointment.

Tatoeba · #19603

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, cancel is marked as obsolete, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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