cancel
Meaning of cancel
verb
- decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place.
he was forced to cancel his visit
- (of a factor or circumstance) neutralize or negate the force or effect of (another).
the electric fields may cancel each other out
- a mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used.
a stamp franked and with an adhesive cancel
- a new page or section inserted in a book to replace the original text, typically to correct an error.
a cancel title page
late Middle English (in the sense ‘obliterate or delete writing by drawing or stamping lines across it’): from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellare, from cancelli ‘crossbars’.
Information about cancel
- The plural form of cancel is: cancels.
- Languages in which cancel is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of cancel
can-cel
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- cancel is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cancel synonyms
Meaning natural:
Meaning call off:
Meaning offset:
Meaning delete:
Meaning invalidate:
Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:
Meaning abolish or cancel (a plan, policy, or law):
Meaning abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study):
Meaning cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled:
Meaning store (clothes) with mothballs:
Meaning end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly:
Meaning put an end to; cancel:
Meaning drive with (a car engine) at or above its rated maximum revolutions per minute:
Meaning make (something) ineffective by applying an opposite force or effect:
Meaning (of a weight) balance (another weight):
Meaning act against (something) in order to reduce its force or neutralize it:
Meaning offset the effect of (something) by countering it with something of equal force:
Meaning make ineffective; nullify:
Meaning make legally null and void; invalidate:
Meaning refuse to accept; reject:
Meaning neutralize or cancel by exerting an opposite influence:
Translation of cancel
- Spanish: reducir, simplificar, cancelar, anular, tachar, cruzar
- French: réduire, simplifier, annuler, invalider, résilier, barrer, rayer
- German: abkürzen, kürzen, annulieren, stornieren, ausstreichen, durchstreichen, absagen
- Italian: semplificare, annullare, sbarrare, depennare
Anagrams of cancel
Words that rhyme with cancel
Ancel, Carabancel, chancel, precancel, rancel, recancel, spancel, subchancel, tancel, pencel, Incel, Septmoncel, lioncel, pennoncel, penoncel, auncel
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