Dictionary Definition
cancel n : a notation cancelling a previous sharp
or flat [syn: natural]
Verb
1 postpone indefinitely or annul something that
was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"
[syn: call
off]
3 declare null and void; make ineffective;
"Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" [syn: strike
down]
4 remove or make invisible; "Please delete my
name from your list" [syn: delete]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /kænsəl̩/
Etymology
from Latin cancelli a railing or lattice.Verb
- To cross out something with lines etc.
- To invalidate or
annul something.
- He cancelled his order on their website.
- To mark something (such
as a used postage
stamp) so that it can't be reused.
- This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.
- To offset or equalize something.
- The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.
- To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
Translations
cross out
- Danish: strege ud, stryge
- Finnish: yliviivata
- German: ausstreichen
invalidate, annul
- Czech: zrušit, stornovat
- Danish: annullere, afbestille, aflyse
- Finnish: mitätöidä, kumota
- French: annuler, résilier (a telephone contract, a subscription), se désabonner (a subscription), mettre fin
- German: annullieren, streichen
- Greek: ακυρώνω
- Hebrew: לבטל (le'vat'el)
- Swedish: annullera, avbryta (about an action)
mark as used
- Danish: stemple (cancelling stamps)
- French: oblitérer (cancelling stamps)
- German: entwerten, abstempeln
offset, equalize
- Danish: ophæve
- French: neutraliser, compenser
remove a common factor
- Danish: forkorte
- French: éliminer, annuler
- German: kürzen
- Swedish: förkorta
- ttbc French: annuler (1)
- ttbc Luxembourgish: ännerungen
- ttbc Spanish: cancelar
- ttbc Swedish: balansera
Noun
- A cancellation.
Translations
cancellation
- Danish: aflysning, afbestilling, annullering
- French: annulation
mark cancelling a sharp or flat
- Danish: ophævningstegn
- French: bécarre
- Swedish: återställningstecken
Extensive Definition
Cancel may refer to:
- Cancellation (mail), in mail, a postal marking applied to a stamp or stationery indicating that the item has been used
- Cancellation (television), the termination of a television series
- "Cancelled" (South Park) an episode of South Park
- Cancellation property, the property that if a * b = a * c then b = c
- Loss of significance when doing calculations with floating point numbers
- Noise cancellation, a method for reducing unwanted sound
- Phase cancellation, the effect of two waves that are out of phase with each other being summed
- Cancel message, in Usenet, a special message used to remove articles posted to news server
- Cancel character, in telecommunication, an indication that the data with which it is associated are in error or are to be disregarded
- Cancellation of removal, a form of immigration relief available to aliens in the United States who be otherwise inadmissible or deportable
- An alternate name for the archangel Camael.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
KO,
abandon, abbreviate, abolish, abolishment, abolition, abort, abridge, abrogate, abrogation, absolve, accent, accent mark, accommodate, adjust, annihilate, annul, annulment, balance, bar, belay, black out, blot, blot out, blotting, blotting out,
blue-pencil, bowdlerize, bring to naught,
bring to nothing, buffer,
call off, cancel out, canceling, cancellation, cassation, cease, censor, character, come to nothing,
compensate,
compensate for, complete, coordinate, counteract, counterbalance, countermand, counterorder, counterpoise, countervail, cross out,
custos, cut, cut it out, declare a
moratorium, defeasance, dele, delete, deletion, deny, deracinate, desist, direct, disannul, discontinue, dispose of, do
away with, dot, drop, drop it, drop the curtain,
edit, edit out, efface, effacement, eliminate, end, end off, equalize, equate, eradicate, erase, erasure, even, even up, expression mark,
expunction, expunge, expurgate, extinguish, fermata, finalize, finish, fit, fold up, frustrate, get it over, get
over with, get through with, give over, give the quietus, give up,
halt, have done with,
hold, integrate, invalidate, invalidation, kayo, key signature, kibosh, kill, knock it off, knock out, lay
off, lead, leave off,
level, ligature, make up for, make
void, mark, measure, metronomic mark,
negate, negativate, negative, neutralize, notation, nullification, nullify, obliterate, obliteration, offset, omit, override, overrule, pause, perfect, poise, polish off, presa, proportion, put paid to,
quash, quit, raze, recall, recant, recantation, redeem, refrain, relinquish, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retract, retraction, reversal, reverse, revocation, revoke, revokement, rub out, rule
out, scrag, scratch, scratch out, scrub, scrubbing, segno, set aside, setting aside,
shoot down, sign, signature, slur, sponge, sponge out, square, stay, stop, strike, strike a balance, strike
off, strike out, stultify, surrender, suspend, suspension, swell, symbol, tempo mark, terminate, thwart, tie, time signature, undo, vacate, vacation, vacatur, vinculum, vitiate, void, voidance, voiding, waive, waiver, waiving, washing out, wipe out,
wiping out, withdraw,
withdrawal, write
off, write-off, zap