Definition of Cancel

Verb: cancel (cancelled,cancelling, or [US] canceled,canceling)  kan-sul

  1. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
    "cancel the dinner party";
    - call off, scratch, scrub
     
  2. Make up for
    "His skills cancel his opponent's superior strength";
    - offset, set off
     
  3. Declare null and void; make ineffective
    "Cancel the election results";
    - strike down
     
  4. Remove or make invisible
    "Please cancel my name from your list";
    - delete
     
  5. Make invalid for use
    "cancel cheques or tickets";
    - invalidate
     
  6. (mathematics) simplify by removing a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation
Noun: cancel  kan-sul
  1. A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
    - natural

See also:
cancans
cancelable

Anagrams containing the word cancel

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