Cancel

Quick meaning: Cancel is a verb meaning (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.

Meaning

(transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
2. (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
3. (transitive) To offset or equalize something.
4. (transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
5. (printing, dated) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
6. (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
7. (obsolete) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.

Example Sentences

He cancelled his order on their website.

The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.

Such a 2-handle cancels the 1-handle so the manifold is D⁴.

This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.

Word Forms

• cancels
• canceling
• cancelling
• canceled
• cancelled
• cancell

Synonyms for cancel

Depending on context, synonyms include abrogate, annul, belay, cease, desist, forbid.

Antonyms for cancel

Common opposites include commission, continue, initiate, renew, uphold, validate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include offset, natural, delete, call off, set off, invalidate.

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