noun Download 🔗Share A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English). Examples : "Due to the heavy snow, there were many cancels at the airport today. " negative business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An enclosure; a boundary; a limit. Examples : "The woven cancels around the vegetable garden kept the rabbits from eating the lettuce. " property area Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. Examples : "The printer's cancels made the entire first page of the report unreadable. " writing media Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The page thus suppressed. Examples : "After careful editing, the book's final version had several cancels, replacing earlier, less accurate pages. " media literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The page that replaces it. Examples : "The system keeps a record of the original document and all of its cancels for auditing purposes. " stationery Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cross out something with lines etc. Examples : "The teacher cancels misspelled words on the student's paper. " mark writing action sign Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To invalidate or annul something. Examples : "He cancelled his order on their website." business law finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused. Examples : "This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code." stationery writing mark Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation. Examples : "In the fraction 6/8, the number 2 cancels from both the top (numerator) and the bottom (denominator), simplifying it to 3/4. " math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture. Examples : "After the video surfaced of the influencer making racist remarks, the company immediately cancels him and removes his endorsement. " culture politics society media moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading