cancel
pronunciation
How to pronounce cancel in British English:
UK [ˈkænsl]
How to pronounce cancel in American English:
US [ˈkænsl]
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- Noun:
- a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
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- Verb:
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- make up for
- declare null and void; make ineffective
- remove or make invisible
- of cheques or tickets
Word Origin
- cancel
- cancel: see chancellor
- cancel (v.)
- late 14c., "cross out with lines," from Anglo-French canceler, from Latin cancellare "to make resemble a lattice," which in Late Latin took on a sense "cross out something written" by marking it with crossed lines, from cancelli, plural of cancellus "lattice, grating," diminutive of cancer "crossed bars, lattice," a variant of carcer "prison" (see incarceration). Figurative use, "to nullify an obligation" is from mid-15c. Related: Canceled (also cancelled); cancelling.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Ngos had to cancel planned events as venues withdrew .
- 2. Their respective bases cancel each other out .
- 3. Because researchers in london have developed technology to cancel out the drill 's unpleasant high-pitched whine .
- 4. The note encourages people to cancel their paypal accounts in protest and share screen grabs of the cancellations on social networks like twitter .
- 5. Cancel subscriptions that you don 't read .