cancel
IPA: kˈænsʌɫ
noun
- A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
- A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
- (obsolete) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
- (printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
- (printing) The page thus suppressed.
- (printing) The page that replaces it.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
- (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
- (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
- (transitive) To offset or equalize something.
- (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
- (transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
- (printing, dated) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
- (obsolete) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
- (slang) To kill.
- (transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.
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Examples of "cancel" in Sentences
- The tour was cancelled.
- The Regatta is in danger of cancellation.
- It was an astute move to cancel the auction.
- The celebratory victory banquet was canceled.
- The cancellation logo is the sketch of the temple.
- The cancelled journey was the beginning of the end.
- The cancellation paragraph in the beginning is vague.
- Y = C + I + NX - G + GThe two G terms cancel out, leaving
- Specifically the controversy surrounding the cancellation.
- Consequently, the construction of the airport is cancelled.
- Again, asking students to "please call to cancel" is not a viable solution.
- Amid the uproar, he was ushered off the stage and the second night was canceled.
- I couldn't find any information on how to cancel until I entered the word cancel In the site's search engine.
- I explain this because unfortunately the dictionary might define the word cancel as both: not to pay and to pay.
- When you see a lot of little objects moving crazily back and forth, all the different motion signals that get sent to the brain cancel each other out.
- And on a side note, here is a hint for Vonage customers - When I called the cancel, they offered me three months of service for free, plus they reduced my rate after that to $19/month.
- Here's now the final equation to calculate pH will look: Again, the volume terms cancel out, illustrating once again, it is the molar ratio of conjugate acid and base that determine the pH of solution.
- “Mrs. Britten-Jones, we’ve been talking to Licky, and it seems like the sensible thing to do is to …” There’s something about the way she’s looking at me that makes me hesitant to use the word cancel. “… postpone the wedding for the time being …”