cancel

[ kan-suhl ]

/ ˈkæn səl /

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verb (used with object), can·celed, can·cel·ing or (especially British) can·celled, can·cel·ling.

to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.

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; counterbalance; compensate for: His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark.

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.

verb (used without object), can·celed, can·cel·ing or (especially British) can·celled, can·cel·ling.

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.

noun

an act of canceling.

Printing, Bookbinding.

omission.
a replacement for an omitted part.

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Canceling, today, is used like an informal boycott, usually on social media, when someone or something in the public eye is offensive … or when we’re just over them.

Origin of cancel

1350–1400; Middle English cancellen < Medieval Latin cancellāre to cross out, Latin: to make like a lattice, derivative of cancellī grating, plural of cancellus; see cancellus

SYNONYMS FOR cancel

1 countermand, rescind.

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3, 7. Cancel, delete, erase, obliterate indicate that something is no longer to be considered usable or in force. To cancel is to cross something out by stamping a mark over it, drawing lines through it, or the like: to cancel a stamp, a word. To delete is to cross something out from written matter or from matter to be printed, often in accordance with a printer's or proofreader's symbol indicating the material is to be omitted: to delete part of a line. To erase is to remove by scraping or rubbing: to erase a capital letter. To obliterate is to blot out entirely, so as to remove all sign or trace of: to obliterate a record.

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

Words nearby cancel

canaveral, canberra, canby, canc., cancan, cancel, cancel out, canceled check, cancellate, cancellated, cancellation

Example sentences from the Web for cancel

Did he participate in his own extortion and cancel his plans for a big Christmas premiere?

Should the U.S. Really Pay a Kim’s Ransom? |Kevin Bleyer |December 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
My family is ready to mount an intervention, and cancel my streaming accounts.

The Best Albums of 2014 |Ted Gioia |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Should we cancel gatherings, reunions, excursions, or throw ourselves into them with even more gratitude for one another?

The Media's Pro-Torture Cheerleaders |Jedediah Purdy |December 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Presumably, without those subsidies, most will just cancel their policies.

The GOP Could Make Obama Kill Obamacare |Michael Tomasky |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In a statement, the MoD admitted that it had been forced to cancel the rest of the training program.

Libyan Troops Go Wild in England |Nico Hines |November 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
If the Gymnase prefers to do so, let the management pay you to cancel your engagement.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris |Honore de Balzac
If I did not cancel out that thirteen by the sign of the Cross I should walk in fear of some dreadful thing all day.

The Drunkard |Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Charles summoned them to Whitehall, and commanded them to cancel the condition.

History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) |John Richard Green
I was asked to cancel lecture engagements and furnish what Peary knew neither he nor anybody else could furnish offhand.

My Attainment of the Pole |Frederick A. Cook
If, as he says, he has sent in his resignation, he will just have to beg them to cancel it.

Michael |E. F. Benson

British Dictionary definitions for cancel

cancel

/ (ˈkænsəl) /

verb -cels, -celling or -celled or US -cels, -celing or -celed (mainly tr)

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

noun

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)

Derived forms of cancel

canceller or US canceler, noun

Word Origin for cancel

C14: from Old French canceller, from Medieval Latin cancellāre, from Late Latin: to strike out, make like a lattice, from Latin cancellī lattice, grating

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verb (used with object), can·celed, can·cel·ing or (especially British) can·celled, can·cel·ling.

verb (used without object), can·celed, can·cel·ing or (especially British) can·celled, can·cel·ling.

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verb -cels, -celling or -celled or US -cels, -celing or -celed (mainly tr)

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verb (used with object), can·celed, can·cel·ing or (especially British) can·celled, can·cel·ling.

verb (used without object), can·celed, can·cel·ing or (especially British) can·celled, can·cel·ling.

noun

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verb -cels, -celling or -celled or US -cels, -celing or -celed (mainly tr)

noun

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