Meaning

6 senses
  1. (US)A cancellation.

    Lösch-Mitteilung, Cancel-Anweisung

  2. A cancellation.

    (US)A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.

  3. The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.

    Undelete

  4. The page thus suppressed.

  5. The page that replaces it.

  6. (obsolete)An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.

More definitions
  • a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

Examples

705 sentences
  1. The game will probably be canceled.

    Гру, напевне, буде скасовано. — aandrusiak

    ruВозможно, игру отменят. — marafon

    deDas Spiel wird wahrscheinlich abgesagt. — Dejo

  2. Tom canceled his appointment with Mary.

    Том скасував свою зустріч із Мері. — deniko

    deTom sagte seine Verabredung mit Mary ab. — al_ex_an_der

  3. Why did Tom cancel his trip?

    Чому Том скасував поїздку? — deniko

    ruПочему Том отменил свою поездку? — shanghainese

    deWarum hat Tom seine Reise abgebrochen? — jast

  4. I'm going to cancel the meeting.

    Я скасую зустріч. — deniko

    ruЯ собираюсь отменить встречу. — Olya

  5. How can I cancel my wedding?

    Як я можу скасувати своє весілля? — deniko

    ruКак я могу отменить свою свадьбу? — marafon

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
cancellation:
printing: suppression on striking out of matter:

Origin

From Middle English cancellen, from Anglo-Norman canceler (“to cross out with lines”) (mod

From Middle English cancellen, from Anglo-Norman canceler (“to cross out with lines”) (modern French chanceler (“to stagger, sway”)), from Old French canceler, from Latin cancellō (“to make resemble a lattice”), from cancellus (“a railing or lattice”), diminutive of cancer (“a lattice”).

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Forms

plural: cancels
Singularcancel
Pluralcancels

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat:natural

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • has been canceled
  • canceled because of
  • cancel the meeting
  • was canceled because
  • flight was canceled
  • canceled because
  • picnic was canceled
  • had to cancel
  • cancel my appointment
  • canceled due to
  • was canceled due
  • to cancel the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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