Cancel
WordNet
noun
(1) A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
verb
(2) Make invalid for use
"Cancel cheques or tickets"
(3) Remove or make invisible
"Please delete my name from your list"
(4) Declare null and void; make ineffective
"Cancel the election results"
"Strike down a law"
(5) 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"
(6) Make up for
"His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- 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.