Definitions for cancel
ˈkæn səlcan·cel

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

1. natural, cancel(verb)

   a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

2. cancel, call off, scratch, scrub(verb)

   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 off(verb)

   make up for

   "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

4. cancel, strike down(verb)

   declare null and void; make ineffective

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

5. delete, cancel(verb)

   remove or make invisible

   "Please delete my name from your list"

6. cancel, invalidate(verb)

   make invalid for use

   "cancel cheques or tickets"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cancel(Noun)

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

2. cancel(Noun)

   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.

3. cancel(Noun)

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

4. cancel(Verb)

   To cross out something with lines etc.

5. cancel(Verb)

   To invalidate or annul something.

   He cancelled his order on their website.

6. cancel(Verb)

   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.

7. cancel(Verb)

   To offset or equalize something.

   The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.

8. cancel(Verb)

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

9. cancel(Verb)

   To stop production of a programme.

Origin: From Latin , diminutive of .

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

1. Cancel(verb)

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

2. Cancel(verb)

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

3. Cancel(verb)

   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. Cancel(verb)

   to annul or destroy; to revoke or recall

5. Cancel(verb)

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

6. Cancel(verb)

   an inclosure; a boundary; a limit

7. Cancel(verb)

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

8. Cancel(verb)

   the part thus suppressed

Origin: [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.]

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

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Noe Sanchez:

   If it goes badly, I'll cancel it and try another.

2. Donald Trump:

   We're going to cancel the Paris climate agreement.

3. Richard Kerr:

   We have to cancel patients at short notice sometimes.

4. Zhang Kejia:

   We've basically not had anyone cancel because of the bombing.

5. Wei Jianguo:

   We should return to the point of origin and cancel all tariffs.

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