nounπShareA cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English)."The school's announcement of the cancellation of the field trip disappointed the students. "actionbusinesstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn enclosure; a boundary; a limit."The park's new walking cancel restricts dogs to the designated area. "areapropertyplacetoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages."The printer's cancel of the page meant the entire article needed to be retyped. "writingmediatoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe page thus suppressed."The teacher's cancel of the field trip disappointed the students. "mediawritingliteraturetoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe page that replaces it."The teacher's announcement was the cancel for the afternoon's field trip. "stationerytoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo cross out something with lines etc."To cancel a mistake on the paper, she carefully drew a line through the wrong answer. "actionwritingtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo invalidate or annul something."He cancelled his order on their website."lawbusinessfinanceactiontoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo 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."stationerymarktoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo offset or equalize something."The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise."businessfinanceeconomytoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation."To simplify the fraction 6/12, we can cancel the common factor of 6. "mathtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo stop production of a programme."The school canceled the afternoon sports program because of the heavy rain. "mediaentertainmenttoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type."The teacher canceled the extra homework assignment for the weekend. "actionbusinesscommunicationtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude."The garden fence cancels out the view of the neighbor's house. "actionbusinesstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo kill."The illness canceled the student's plans to attend school today. "warmilitaryactioninhumanweapontoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture."The school canceled its support for the student after his actions violated the school's code of conduct. "culturepoliticssocietymediamoraltoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
