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List of meaning for cancel

to decide or announce that something planned in advance will no longer take place

natural, cancel(verb)

a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

cancel, call off, scratch, scrub(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, offset, set off(verb)

make up for

"His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

cancel, strike down(verb)

declare null and void; make ineffective

"Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"

delete, cancel(verb)

remove or make invisible

"Please delete my name from your list"

cancel, invalidate(verb)

make invalid for use

"cancel cheques or tickets"

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)

please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it

to put an end to by formal action

the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

canceled the check and wrote a new one

to destroy all traces of

it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order

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