Definition of cancels Cancels
/kæˈnsʌlz/ - [kansulz] -
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What does cancels mean?
Wiktionary 
- cancels (Noun)
Plural of cancel.
Part of speech
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| cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" | ||
| strike down | ||
| adjudge, declare, hold state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" | ||
| countermand, repeal, rescind, annul, revoke, vacate, reverse, overturn, lift cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" | ||
| remit diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted" | ||
| write off concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; "write it off as a loss" | ||
| annul, quash, nullify, invalidate, void, avoid take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract" | ||
| recall cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" | ||
| cancel - make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" | ||
| offset, set off | ||
| equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate, balance bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium | ||
| countervail, counterbalance, counteract, neutralize oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" | ||
| cancel - 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" | ||
| call off, scratch, scrub | ||
| schedule plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week" | ||
| cancel - make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets" | ||
| invalidate | ||
| score, mark make underscoring marks | ||
| cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" | ||
| delete | ||
| take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| rub out, score out, wipe off, efface, erase remove by wiping | ||
| expunge, excise, scratch, strike remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor" | ||
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Wiktionary
- cancel (Noun)
A cancellation US; nonstandard in some kinds of English. - cancel (Noun)
A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message. - cancel (Noun)
An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. - cancel (Noun)
The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. - cancel (Verb)
To cross out something with lines etc. - cancel (Verb)
To invalidate or annul something. - cancel (Verb)
To mark something such as a used postage stamp so that it can't be reused. - cancel (Verb)
To offset or equalize something.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cancel (v. i.)
To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. - cancel (v. i.)
To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. - cancel (v. i.)
To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. - cancel (v. i.)
To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. - cancel (v. i.)
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. - cancel (v. i.)
An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. - cancel (v. i.)
The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. - cancel (v. i.)
The part thus suppressed.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation. -
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To make something legally invalid or void. -
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To draw a line or something else through something. -
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To decide that a planned event will not take place.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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kan′sel, v.t. to erase or blot out by crossing with lines: to annul or suppress, as a printed page, &c.: to obliterate: to frustrate: to counterbalance or compensate for: to remove equivalent quantities on opposite sides of an equation:—pr.p. can′celling; pa.p. can′celled.—n. the suppression of a printed page or sheet, the page so cancelled, or the new one substituted. [Fr. canceller—L. cancell-āre, from cancelli, railings, lattice-work, dim. of cancer.]
