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cancel

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verb

can·​cel ˈkan(t)-səl How to pronounce cancel (audio)
canceled or cancelled; canceling or cancelling ˈkan(t)-s(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce cancel (audio) ; cancels

transitive verb

1
a
: to decide not to conduct or perform (something planned or expected) usually without expectation of conducting or performing it at a later time
cancel a football game
b
: to destroy the force, effectiveness, or validity of : annul
cancel a magazine subscription
a canceled check
c
: to match in force or effect : offset
—often used with out
his irritability canceled out his natural kindness Osbert Sitwell
d
: to bring to nothingness : destroy
e
: to withdraw one's support for (someone, such as a celebrity, or something, such as a company) publicly and especially on social media
… the internet has canceled her over her alleged anti-black and homophobic past. Angie Dare
see also cancel culture
2
: to deface (a postage or revenue stamp) especially with a set of ink lines so as to invalidate for reuse
3
a
: to remove (a common divisor) from numerator and denominator
b
: to remove (equivalents) on opposite sides of an equation or account
4
a
: to mark or strike out for deletion
cancel the offensive passage
b
: omit, delete

intransitive verb

: to neutralize each other's strength or effect : counterbalance
the various pressure groups to a large degree canceled out J. B. Conant
cancelable adjective
or cancellable
ˈkan(t)-s(ə-)lə-bəl How to pronounce cancel (audio)
canceler noun
or canceller
ˈkan(t)-s(ə-)lər How to pronounce cancel (audio)

cancel

2 of 2

noun

1
: cancellation
an order quickly followed by a cancel
2
a
: a deleted part or passage
b(1)
: a leaf containing matter to be deleted
(2)
: a new leaf or slip substituted for matter already printed

Synonyms

Verb

Example Sentences

Verb The event was canceled at the last minute when the speaker didn't show up. We canceled our dinner reservation. My flight was canceled because of the storm. She canceled her appointment with the dentist. I'm sorry, but I have to cancel. Can we meet next week? He canceled his insurance policy last month. We canceled our magazine subscription when we moved. The bank canceled my credit card. If you subscribe online, you can cancel at any time. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The program, which the White House announced late last month, would cancel out up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients and $10,000 for non-Pell Grant students. Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022 Can my insurer cancel my policy when a big storm is forecast? Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 In fact, Saban reasoned on Monday during his press conference, that his own knowledge of the Longhorns’ coaches could cancel out, leaving the players between the lines to determine the outcome. Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2022 The plan will also cancel up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients — while extending the pause on federal student loan payments through the end of this year. Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022 Unlike the Swalwell proposal, however, neither of those bills would cancel the interest people currently owe on existing loans. Arit John, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 It’s like this meditation on power and cancel culture, set in Germany. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022 Unlike the Swalwell proposal, however, neither of those bills would cancel the interest people currently owe on existing loans. Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 Winning on fraud would suggest that the contract was faulty and unenforceable from the beginning, and also cancel the agreement, setting Musk free. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022
Noun
More fearmongering about trans people; more talk about cancel culture. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 Sep. 2022 In the private sector, the tactic of message-sending came to be known as cancel culture. Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 Davia goes on a first date; Sumi tries to get Alice to assess her relationship with pleasure; the FCGs come up against cancel culture; Joaquin uncovers new information about his sister’s captor and Mariana tries to help. Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 Certainly our industry has changed and shifted substantially: The #MeToo movement came in, and then there was cancel culture, there was Black Lives Matter. New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 The political class that gave us condiment cancel culture now aims to raise prices across the fast-food menu. James Freeman, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 People have blamed this on everything from cancel culture to Covid to an aversion to risk-taking from the major studios. Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Aug. 2022 Comedians, like Dave Chappelle, have been high-profile targets of cancel culture in recent years. Megan Myers, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2022 His fans, however, have defended him as having a backbone in the era of cancel culture. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 20 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun

Middle English cancellen, from Anglo-French canceller, chanceller, from Late Latin cancellare, from Latin, to make like a lattice, from cancelli (plural), diminutive of cancer lattice, probably alteration of carcer prison

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b

Noun

1803, in the meaning defined at sense 2b(1)

Time Traveler
The first known use of cancel was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing cancel

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