cancelled
Use Cancelled in a sentencecan·cel
[kan-suh
l] verb, can·celed, can·cel·ing or ( especially British ) can·celled, can·cel·ling, noun verb (used with object)
1.
to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
2.
to decide or announce that a planned event will not take place; call off: to cancel a meeting.
3.
to mark or perforate (a postage stamp, admission ticket, etc.) so as to render invalid for reuse.
4.
to neutralize; counterbalance; compensate for: His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark.
5.
Accounting.
a.
to close (an account) by crediting or paying all outstanding charges: He plans to cancel his account at the department store.
b.
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.
6.
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.
7.
to cross out (words, letters, etc.) by drawing a line over the item.
8.
Printing. to omit.
verb (used without object)
9.
to counterbalance or compensate for one another; become neutralized (often followed by out ): The pros and cons cancel out.
10.
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.
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noun
11.
an act of canceling.
12.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English cancellen < Medieval Latin cancellāre to cross out, Latin: to make like a lattice, derivative of cancellī grating, plural of cancellus; see cancellus
1350–1400; Middle English cancellen < Medieval Latin cancellāre to cross out, Latin: to make like a lattice, derivative of cancellī grating, plural of cancellus; see cancellus
Related forms
can·cel·a·ble; especially British, can·cel·la·ble, adjective
can·cel·er; especially British, can·cel·ler, noun
re·can·cel, verb (used with object), re·can·celed, re·can·cel·ing or ( especially British ) re·can·celled, re·can·cel·ling.
self-can·celed, adjective
self-can·celled, adjective
un·can·cel·a·ble, adjective
un·can·celed, adjective
un·can·cel·la·ble, adjective
un·can·celled, adjective
Synonyms
1. countermand, rescind. 3, 7. Cancel, delete, erase, obliterate indicate that something is no longer to be considered usable or in force. To cancel is to cross something out by stamping a mark over it, drawing lines through it, or the like: to cancel a stamp, a word. To delete is to cross something out from written matter or from matter to be printed, often in accordance with a printer's or proofreader's symbol indicating the material is to be omitted: to delete part of a line. To erase is to remove by scraping or rubbing: to erase a capital letter. To obliterate is to blot out entirely, so as to remove all sign or trace of: to obliterate a record.
1. countermand, rescind. 3, 7. Cancel, delete, erase, obliterate indicate that something is no longer to be considered usable or in force. To cancel is to cross something out by stamping a mark over it, drawing lines through it, or the like: to cancel a stamp, a word. To delete is to cross something out from written matter or from matter to be printed, often in accordance with a printer's or proofreader's symbol indicating the material is to be omitted: to delete part of a line. To erase is to remove by scraping or rubbing: to erase a capital letter. To obliterate is to blot out entirely, so as to remove all sign or trace of: to obliterate a record.
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| —vb (usually foll by out) , (US) -cels, -celling, -celled, -cels, -celing, -celed | |
| 1. | to order (something already arranged, such as a meeting or event) to be postponed indefinitely; call off |
| 2. | to revoke or annul: the order for the new television set was cancelled |
| 3. | to delete (writing, numbers, etc); cross out: he cancelled his name and substituted hers |
| 4. | to mark (a cheque, postage stamp, ticket, etc) with an official stamp or by a perforation to prevent further use |
| 5. | to counterbalance; make up for (a deficiency, etc): his generosity cancelled out his past unkindness |
| 6. | a. to close (an account) by discharging any outstanding debts |
| b. ( | |
| 7. | maths |
| a. 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 | |
| b. (intr) to be able to be eliminated in this way | |
| —n | |
| 8. | a new leaf or section of a book replacing a defective one, one containing errors, or one that has been omitted |
| 9. | a less common word for cancellation |
| 10. | music a US word for natural |
| [C14: from Old French canceller, from Medieval Latin cancellāre, from Late Latin: to strike out, make like a lattice, from Latin cancellī lattice, grating] | |
| 'canceller | |
| —n | |
| 'canceler | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cancel
late 14c., "cross out with lines," from Anglo-Fr. canceler, from L. cancellare "to make resemble a lattice," which in L.L. took on a sense "cross out something written" by marking it with crossed lines, from cancelli, pl. of cancellus "lattice, grating," dim. of cancer "crossed bars, lattice," a var.
of carcer "prison." Figurative use, "to nullify an obligation" is from mid-15c. Related: Canceled (also cancelled); cancelling.
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Example sentences
Stock market technique whereby large trades are placed before being promptly cancelled.
Your problems with this will be resolved any nobody will care about the why exactly you cancelled.
Orders are an important indicator, but between signature and delivery many are cancelled, trimmed or postponed.
But they cancelled a protest march in an attempt to avoid further violence.
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