Associations to the word «Cancel»

CANCEL, verb. (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.

CANCEL, verb. (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.

CANCEL, verb. (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.

CANCEL, verb. (transitive) To offset or equalize something.

CANCEL, verb. (transitive) (mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.

CANCEL, verb. (transitive) (media) To stop production of a programme.

CANCEL, verb. (printing) (dated) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.

CANCEL, verb. (obsolete) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.

CANCEL, verb. (slang) To kill.

CANCEL, noun. A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).

CANCEL, noun. (Internet) A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.

CANCEL, noun. (obsolete) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.

CANCEL, noun. (printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.

CANCEL OUT, verb. (ambitransitive) To neutralize the effect of something.

CANCEL, noun. A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat.

CANCEL, verb. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill".

CANCEL, verb. Make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength".

CANCEL, verb. Declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law".

CANCEL, verb. Remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list".

CANCEL, verb. Make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets".