ALL meanings of cancel
can·cel
C c - verb cancel If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them. 4
- verb cancel If someone in authority cancels a document, an insurance policy, or a debt, they officially declare that it is no longer valid or no longer legally exists. 4
- verb cancel To cancel a stamp or a cheque means to mark it to show that it has already been used and cannot be used again. 4
- verb cancel to order (something already arranged, such as a meeting or event) to be postponed indefinitely; call off 4
- verb cancel to revoke or annul 4
- verb cancel to mark (a cheque, postage stamp, ticket, etc) with an official stamp or by a perforation to prevent further use 3
- verb cancel to counterbalance; make up for (a deficiency, etc) 3
- verb cancel to close (an account) by discharging any outstanding debts 3
- verb cancel to eliminate (a debit or credit) by making an offsetting entry on the opposite side of the account 3
- verb cancel to eliminate (numbers, quantities, or terms) as common factors from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction or as equal terms from opposite sides of an equation 3
- verb cancel to be able to be eliminated in this way 3
- noun cancel a new leaf or section of a book replacing a defective one, one containing errors, or one that has been omitted 3
- verb transitive cancel to cross out with lines or other marks, as in deleting written matter or marking a check as used and cleared 3
- verb transitive cancel to print or stamp marks on (a postage stamp) as by machine or handstamp, to prevent reuse 3
- verb transitive cancel to make invalid; annul 3
- verb transitive cancel to do away with; wipe out; abolish, withdraw, etc. 3
- verb transitive cancel to neutralize or balance in force or influence; offset 3
- verb transitive cancel to remove (a common factor from both terms of a fraction, equivalents of opposite sign or on opposite sides of an equation, etc.) 3
- verb transitive cancel to delete or omit 3
- intransitive verb cancel to offset or cancel each other 3
- noun cancel the deletion or omission of matter in type or in print 3
- noun cancel the matter omitted or deleted 3
- noun cancel the replacement for this 3
- noun cancel cancellation (sense 3) 3
- verb cancel to delete (writing, numbers, etc); cross out 2
- transitive verb cancel call off an event 1
- transitive verb cancel end or finish 1
- abbreviation CANCEL computing 1
- transitive verb cancel mark used or void 1
- transitive verb cancel mathematics 1
- verb with object cancel to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation. 1
- verb with object cancel to decide or announce that a planned event will not take place; call off: to cancel a meeting. 1
- verb with object cancel to mark or perforate (a postage stamp, admission ticket, etc.) so as to render invalid for reuse. 1
- verb with object cancel to neutralize; counterbalance; compensate for: His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark. 1
- verb with object cancel Accounting. to close (an account) by crediting or paying all outstanding charges: He plans to cancel his account at the department store. to eliminate or offset (a debit, credit, etc.) with an entry for an equal amount on the opposite side of a ledger, as when a payment is received on a debt. 1
- verb with object cancel Mathematics. to eliminate by striking out a factor common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, equivalent terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc. 1
- verb with object cancel to cross out (words, letters, etc.) by drawing a line over the item. 1
- verb with object cancel Printing. to omit. 1
- verb without object cancel to counterbalance or compensate for one another; become neutralized (often followed by out): The pros and cons cancel out. 1
- verb without object cancel Mathematics. (of factors common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, certain terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc.) to be equivalent; to allow cancellation. 1
- noun cancel an act of canceling. 1
- noun cancel Printing, Bookbinding. omission. a replacement for an omitted part. 1
- noun cancel Decide or announce that (an arranged or planned event) will not take place. 1
- noun Definition of cancel in Technology (character) (CAN, Control-X) ASCII character 24. 1
- noun cancel A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English). 0
- noun cancel (Obsolete (No longer in use)) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit. 0
- noun cancel (printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. 0
- verb cancel (Transitive Verb) To cross out something with lines etc. 0
- verb cancel (Transitive Verb) To invalidate or annul something. 0
- verb cancel (Transitive Verb) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused. 0