Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To neutralize the effect of.

    We can cancel the aberration out by adding another filter.

    wipe out the effect of something

  2. (intransitive)Of two or more things: to neutralize each other's effect.

    Love and hate cancel out.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. His weakness cancels out his virtues.

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  2. This chamber cancels out all sounds.

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  3. The two negatives cancel each other out.

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  4. Hours lost on the ground cancel out the advantage of speed in the air.

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  5. If you pour a lot of dressing on your salad, it cancels out some of the healthiness of the salad itself.

    deMit zu viel Sauce ist Salat nicht mehr gesund. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

cancels out, canceling out, canceled out, canceled out
Base formcancel out · to cancel out
3rd person singularcancels out
Present participlecanceling out
Past simplecanceled out / cancelled out
Past participlecanceled out / cancelled out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycancel out
he, she, itcancels out

Past simpleLesson

all personscanceled out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave canceled out
he, she, ithas canceled out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cancel out

Synonyms

2 synonyms
nullify
Close in meaning
  • wipe out the effect of something:wipe out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
canarycancelB1cancellationcancerB1cancerous
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