English Explanatory Dictionary

cancel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cross out something with lines etc.
  2. To invalidate or annul something.
  3. To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
  4. To offset or equalize something.
  5. To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
  6. To stop production of a programme.
  7. To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
  8. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
  9. To kill.
  10. To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.
noun
  1. A cancellation.
  2. A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
  3. An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
  4. The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
  5. The page thus suppressed.
  6. The page that replaces it.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæn.sl̩/ [ˈkɛən.sl̩ ~ ˈkeən.sl̩] En-au-cancel.ogg

Word forms

cancel cancels canceling cancelling canceled cancelled cancell

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”).

Synonyms

abrogate annul belay cancel cease cross out desist forbid invalidate kill nullify queer repeal repress revoke stop strike out suppress terminate veto vitiate void undo annihilate bag baptize bereave of life blight bring down bump off bury cack compromised to a permanent end croak crush dash deactivate dead demolish destroy dispatch dispose of do do in dust eliminate end eradicate ex exterminate finish finish off flatten grease knock off lay waste to make away with merc mortify neutralize

Antonyms

commission continue initiate renew uphold validate

Related words

invalidation cancellation chancel chancellery chancellor chancery

Derived words

autocancel precancel cancelability cancelable cancelbot canceler cancellability cancellable cancelment cancel out cancel someone's Christmas miscancel noise-cancel overcancel recancel soft-cancel uncancel cancel-worthy dumb cancel killer cancel mute cancel

Translations

Afrikaans: kanselleer Bulgarian: унищожавам Danish: stemple French: oblitérer German: entwerten German: abstempeln German: entwerten (postage) Greek: ακυρώνω Hungarian: érvénytelenít Hungarian: lepecsétel Italian: obliterare Italian: annullare Russian: погаша́ть Russian: погаси́ть Swedish: stämpla Welsh: canslo Afrikaans: kansellasie Danish: aflysning Danish: afbestilling Danish: annullering Dutch: annulatie French: annulation German: Lösch-Mitteilung German: Cancel-Anweisung Greek: ακύρωση Greek: ματαίωση Hindi: निरसन Italian: cancellazione Italian: annullamento Italian: cassazione Italian: timbro postale Italian: obliteratore Portuguese: anulação Spanish: funa
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