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- DictionaryCan·cel/ˈkans(ə)l/
verb
- 1. decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place: "he was forced to cancel his visit"
- 2. (of a factor or circumstance) neutralize or negate the force or effect of (another): "the shipping costs canceled out any savings"
noun
- 1. a mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used: "a stamp franked and with an adhesive cancel"
- 2. a new page or section inserted in a book to replace the original text, typically to correct an error: "a cancel title page"
The meaning of CANCEL is to decide not to conduct or perform (something planned or expected) usually without expectation of conducting or performing it at a later time. How to use cancel in a sentence.
Cancel definition: to make void, as a contract or other obligation; annul. See examples of CANCEL used in a sentence.
CANCEL meaning: 1. to decide that an organized event will not happen, or to stop an order for goods or services…. Learn more.
CANCEL definition: 1. to decide that an organized event will not happen, or to stop an order for goods or services…. Learn more.
To cancel means to call off or postpone indefinitely. Which is probably what you would do if the hotel you were planning to stay in has an infestation of bedbugs. Scrub, scratch, or strike down — those are all other ways of saying cancel.
Definition of cancel verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
v.tr. 1. a. To annul or invalidate: cancel a credit card. b. To decide or announce that (a planned or scheduled event) will not take place, especially with no intention of holding it at a later time: cancel a picnic; cancel a soccer game. 2. a. To cross out with lines or other markings.
If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
To decide or announce that (a planned or scheduled event) will not take place, especially with no intention of holding it at a later time. Cancel a picnic; cancel a soccer game. American Heritage. To cross out with lines or other marks, as in deleting written matter or marking a check as used and cleared. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
cancel. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English can‧cel /ˈkænsəl/ S2 verb (cancelled, cancelling British English, canceled, canceling American English) 1 [ intransitive, transitive] to decide that something that was officially planned will not happen Our flight was cancelled.
