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Definition of Cancel

1. Verb. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled. "Scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"

2. Noun. A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat.

3. Verb. Make up for. "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

4. Verb. Declare null and void; make ineffective. "Strike down a law"

5. Verb. Remove or make invisible. "Please delete my name from your list"

6. Verb. Make invalid for use. "Cancel cheques or tickets"

Definition of Cancel

1. v. i. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

2. n. An inclosure; a boundary; a limit.

Definition of Cancel

1. Verb. (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To invalidate or annul something. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To offset or equalize something. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) (mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) (media) To stop production of a programme. ¹

7. Noun. A cancellation (''US''); (nonstandard in some kinds of English). ¹

8. Noun. (obsolete) An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. ¹

9. Noun. (printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cancel

1. to annul [v -CELED, -CELING, -CELS or -CELLED, -CELLING, -CELS] - See also: annul

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancel

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cancaneuse cancaneuses cancanned cancanning cancans cancel (current term) cancel out cancelable cancelation cancelations

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