cancels
Meaning of cancels
verb, 3rd person present
- 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 cancels
- The singular form of cancels is: cancel.
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Hyphenation of cancels
can-cels
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- cancels is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cancels synonyms
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 cancel or abandon (something):
Meaning cancel or strike out (writing) with a pen or pencil:
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 counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect:
Meaning refuse to accept; reject:
Meaning neutralize or cancel by exerting an opposite influence:
Words that rhyme with cancels
Cels, cels, limacels, barbicels, lenticels, pedicels, radicels, chancels, lioncels, pencels, pennoncels, penoncels, precancels, rancels, spancels, carcels, ensorcels, marcels, parcels, tarcels, tercels, tiercels, involucels, excels
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