Definitions for cancel
ˈkæn səlcan·cel

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. natural, cancelverb

   a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

2. cancel, call off, scratch, scrubverb

   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. cancel, offset, set offverb

   make up for

   "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

4. cancel, strike downverb

   declare null and void; make ineffective

   "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"

5. delete, cancelverb

   remove or make invisible

   "Please delete my name from your list"

6. cancel, invalidateverb

   make invalid for use

   "cancel cheques or tickets"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cancelnoun

   A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).

   Etymology: From Latin , diminutive of .

2. cancelnoun

   An inclosure; a boundary; a limit.

   A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spiritdesires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body. uE000135647uE001 Jeremy Taylor.

   Etymology: From Latin , diminutive of .

3. cancelnoun

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

   Etymology: From Latin , diminutive of .

4. cancelverb

   To cross out something with lines etc.

   Etymology: From Latin , diminutive of .

5. cancelverb

   To invalidate or annul something.

   He cancelled his order on their website.

   Etymology: From Latin , diminutive of .

6. cancelverb

   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.

   Etymology: From Latin , diminutive of .

7. cancelverb

   To offset or equalize something.

   The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.

   Etymology: From Latin , diminutive of .

8. cancelverb

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

   Etymology: From Latin , diminutive of .

9. cancelverb

   To stop production of a programme.

   Etymology: From Latin , diminutive of .

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cancelverb

   to inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework

   Etymology: [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]

2. Cancelverb

   to shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude

   Etymology: [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]

3. Cancelverb

   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

   Etymology: [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]

4. Cancelverb

   to annul or destroy; to revoke or recall

   Etymology: [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]

5. Cancelverb

   to suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type

   Etymology: [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]

6. Cancelverb

   an inclosure; a boundary; a limit

   Etymology: [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]

7. Cancelverb

   the suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages

   Etymology: [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]

8. Cancelverb

   the part thus suppressed

   Etymology: [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cancel

   Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cancel

   kan′sel, v.t. to erase or blot out by crossing with lines: to annul or suppress, as a printed page, &c.: to obliterate: to frustrate: to counterbalance or compensate for: to remove equivalent quantities on opposite sides of an equation:—pr.p. can′celling; pa.p. can′celled.—n. the suppression of a printed page or sheet, the page so cancelled, or the new one substituted. [Fr. canceller—L. cancell-āre, from cancelli, railings, lattice-work, dim. of cancer.]

Matched Categories

1. • Balance
   • Mark
   • Remove

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cancel' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3896

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cancel' in Verbs Frequency: #658

How to pronounce cancel?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say cancel in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cancel in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cancel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of cancel in a Sentence

1. Maxine Waters:

   Mr. Secretary, I want you to know that no other secretary has ever told us the day before that they were going to limit their time in the way that you're doing, so if you want to use them as examples, you have acted differently than they have acted, and as I have said, if you wish to leave, you may, if you'd wish to keep me here so that I don't have my important meeting and continue to grill me, then we can do that. I will cancel my meeting and I will not be back here. I will be very clear if that's the way you'd like to have this relationship.

2. Antonio Villaraigosa:

   We have never been here before. We are in uncharted territory and it is clear to me that it is appropriate at this time... that they are looking at contingency options, there is no decision yet to postpone or cancel the convention in anyway, but it would be malpractice not to do look at contingencies.

3. Jackson Lee:

   Do not cancel us tonight, do not ignore the pain, the history and the reasonableness of this commission.

4. Glen Walter:

   Some of the innovation flavors that we have in the pipeline... we've chosen to either postpone or cancel to allow us to make sure that, from a production standpoint and an execution standpoint, we can continue to deliver to consumers what they know and love.

5. Kelly Osbourne:

   That’s why, like, I don’t give a f--k about cancel culture. I don’t give a f--k about what anyone thinks about me in that sense, like, if you think I’m a racist, fine. You think I’m a racist. I know who I am. I don’t care what you think of me. I care what [my cohost] Jeff thinks of me. I care what my family thinks of me. I don’t care what somebody hiding behind a computer and a fake Instagram page who puts up stuff where they don’t practice what they preach [thinks].

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