cancel
//ˈkæn.sl̩//
Forms
- present (v1)
- cancel
- 3rd person singular
- cancels
- Plural
- cancels
Definitions
1.To cross out something with lines etc.
- Tom should cancel the meeting.
- Can I cancel this ticket?
2.To invalidate or annul something.
- He cancelled his order on their website.
- "I don't know what your agreement was, Herr Professor, but if it had money in it, cancel it. I want him to learn that lesson, too."
3.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.
4.To offset or equalize something.
- The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.
1.A cancellation.
2.The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
3.The page thus suppressed.
4.The page that replaces it.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3318
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
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”).