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1. (v.t.) cancel
to make void; revoke; annul.
2. cancel
to decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place; call off.
3. cancel
to mark or perforate (a postage stamp, admission ticket, etc.) so as to render invalid for reuse.
4. cancel
to neutralize; counterbalance; compensate for:
His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark.
5. cancel
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.
6. cancel
to cross out (words, letters, etc.) by drawing a line over the item.
7. (v.i.) cancel
to counterbalance or compensate for one another; become neutralized.
8. cancel
(of common factors in fractions, equations, etc.) to be equivalent; allow cancellation.
9. (n.) cancel
an act of canceling.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < ML cancellāre to cross out, L: to make like a lattice, v. der. of cancellī, dim. of cancrī grating (see castle ), pl. of
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| Definition of 'cancel' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) natural, cancel
a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
2. (verb) cancel, call off, scratch, scrub
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
"Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
3. (verb) cancel, offset, set off
make up for
"His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
4. (verb) cancel, strike down
declare null and void; make ineffective
"Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
5. (verb) delete, cancel
remove or make invisible
"Please delete my name from your list"
6. (verb) cancel, invalidate
make invalid for use
"cancel cheques or tickets"
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1. (verb) cancel
to decide an event or activity will not happen
to cancel all flights; They're canceling the meeting.
2. cancel
to stop an agreement to give or pay money
to cancel my subscription; You have thirty days to cancel.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) cancel
to inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework
2. (verb) cancel
to shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude
3. (verb) cancel
to cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate
4. (verb) cancel
to annul or destroy; to revoke or recall
5. (verb) cancel
to suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type
6. (verb) cancel
an inclosure; a boundary; a limit
7. (verb) cancel
the suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages
8. (verb) cancel
the part thus suppressed
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Sense: to decide or announce that (something already arranged etc) will not be done etc
He cancelled his appointment.
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 Afrikaans: kanselleer |
 Arabic: يُلْغي |
 Bulgarian: отменям |
 Brazilian: cancelar |
 Czech: zrušit |
 German: absagen |
 Danish: aflyse |
 Greek: ακυρώνω |
 Spanish: cancelar |
 Estonian: tühistama |
 Farsi: کنسل کردن؛ لغو کردن |
 Finnish: peruuttaa |
 French: annuler |
 Hebrew: לְבָטֵל |
 Hindi: रद्द करना |
 Croatian: poništiti |
 Hungarian: lemond, töröl |
 Indonesian: membatalkan |
 Icelandic: afturkalla; afpanta; aflÿ |
 Italian: cancellare, annullare |
 Japanese: 取り消す |
 Korean: 취소하다 |
 Lithuanian: atšaukti |
 Latvian: atcelt |
 Malay: batal |
 Dutch: afzeggen |
 Norwegian: avlyse, kansellere, slett |
 Polish: odwoływać |
 Persian: کنسل کردن؛ لغو کردن |
 Pashto: لغو كردن،له منځه وړل |
 Portuguese: cancelar |
 Romanian: a contramanda |
 Russian: отменять |
 Slovak: zrušiť |
 Slovenian: odpovedati |
 Serbian: otkazati |
 Swedish: annullera, inställa |
 Thai: ยกเลิก |
 Turkish: iptal etmek |
 Taiwanese: 取消 |
 Ukrainian: анулювати, скасовувати |
 Urdu: منسوخ کرنا ، فسخ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: hủy bỏ |
 Chinese: 取消 |
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