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can·cel

UK/ˈkæn.sl̩/ US/ˈkɛən.sl̩ ~ ˈkeən.sl̩/ common slang us
verb (5) noun (1)

verb

1.

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”
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2.

make up for

  • “His skills offset his opponent”
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3.

declare null and void; make ineffective

  • “Cancel the election results”
  • “strike down a law”
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4.

remove or make invisible

  • “Please delete my name from your list”
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5.

of cheques or tickets

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noun

1.

a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

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Origin

From Middle English cancellen, from Anglo-Norman canceler (“to cross out with lines”) (modern French chanceler (“to stagger, sway”)), from Old French canceler, from Latin cancellō (“to make resemble a lattice”), from cancellus (“a railing or lattice”), diminutive of cancer (“a lattice”).

Phrases

  • cancel out
  • cancel someone's Christmas
  • dumb cancel
  • killer cancel
  • mute cancel

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