cancel

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Synonyms: cancer, chancel, cannel, carcel, cantel, canel, cance, candel, ancel, cancell

Antonyms: cancer, chancel, cannel, carcel, cantel, canel, cance, candel, ancel, cancell

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cross out]] something with [[line]]s etc.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[invalidate]] or [[annul]] something.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[mark]] something (such as a used [[postage stamp]]) so that it cannot be [[reused]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[offset]] or [[equalize]] something.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|mathematics}} To [[remove]] a [[common]] [[factor]] from both the [[numerator]] and [[denominator]] of a [[fraction]], or from [[both]] [[side]]s of an [[equation]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive|media}} To [[stop]] [[production]] of a [[programme]].
7. {{lb|en|printing|dated}} To [[suppress]] or [[omit]]; to [[strike out]], as [[matter]] in [[type]].
8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[shut out]], as with a [[railing]] or with [[latticework]]; to [[exclude]].
9. {{lb|en|slang}} To [[kill]].
10. {{senseid|en|cease to provide support}} {{lb|en|transitive|neologism}} To [[cease]] to [[provide]] [[financial]] or [[moral support]] to (someone [[deem]]ed [[unacceptable]]); to [[disinvite]]. Compare {{m|en|cancel culture}}.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|US}} A [[cancellation]].
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[enclosure]]; a [[boundary]]; a [[limit]].
3. {{lb|en|printing}} The [[suppression]] on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
4. {{lb|en|printing}} The page thus suppressed.
5. {{lb|en|printing}} The page that replaces it.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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