cancel

About 4.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cross out something with lines etc.
2. verb To invalidate or annul something.

   He cancelled his order on their website.

3. verb 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.

4. verb To offset or equalize something.

   The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.

5. verb To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
6. verb To stop production of a programme.
7. verb To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
8. verb To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.

Similar words

offset natural delete call off set off invalidate strike write render reschedule

Often followed by

the out each a figure it help button or

Word family

cancelable canceled canceler cancelers canceling cancellable cancelled canceller cancellers cancelling