cancel
/ˈkænsl̩/
noun
Meaning
A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
The page thus suppressed.
The page that replaces it.
verb
Meaning
To cross out something with lines etc.
To invalidate or annul something.
"He cancelled his order on their website."
To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
"This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code."
To offset or equalize something.
"The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise."
To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
To stop production of a programme.
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
To kill.
To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.
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