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Cancel

noun
/ˈkænsl̩/
Word Frequency: 4.1

Definitions

1.nounA cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
2.nounAn enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
3.nounThe suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
4.nounThe page thus suppressed.
5.nounThe page that replaces it.
6.verbTo cross out something with lines etc.
7.verbTo invalidate or annul something.
"He cancelled his order on their website."
8.verbTo 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."
9.verbTo offset or equalize something.
"The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise."
10.verbTo remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
11.verbTo stop production of a programme.
12.verbTo suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
13.verbTo shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
14.verbTo kill.
15.verbTo cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.

Synonyms

blacklistbelaytake care ofoffsetnaturaldeletecall offset offinvalidatestrikewriterender

Rhymes With

spancelhanselbransleancileancillestancillchancelhansell
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