cancel
/ˈkæn.sl̩/ verb B1- 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 cannot 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 kill.
He/she/it cancels · Past canceled · Past participle canceled · -ing form canceling
Verb forms
- Base form
- cancel
- He/she/it
- cancels
- Past
- canceled
- Past participle
- canceled
- -ing form
- canceling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Sarah replied, “No, it is a flexible plan, and you can cancel at any time.”
Consequently, workers often resort to wearing noise-canceling headphones, inadvertently building invisible walls to replace the physical ones that were removed.
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