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To cross out something with lines etc.transitive
- A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it.
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To invalidate or annul something.transitive
- He cancelled his order on their website.
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To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it cannot be reused.transitive
- This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.
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To offset or equalize something.transitive
- The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.
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To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.transitive
- Such a 2-handle cancels the 1-handle so the manifold is D⁴.
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To stop production of a programme.transitive
- 7
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.dated
- 8
To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.obsolete
- cancelled from heaven
- 9
To kill.slang
- 10
To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.neologismtransitive
- We Spoke to Joan Cornellá, the Artist Who Really Should Have Been Cancelled By Now [title]
- To attempt to cancel the founding generation is an attempt to cancel our own freedoms.
syn. abrogate · annul · belay · cancel · cease · cross out · desist · forbid · invalidate · kill · nullify · queer
ant. commission · continue · initiate · renew · uphold · validate