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Definition: Cancelled |
CancelledAdjective1. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cancelled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
Synonym: CancelledSynonym: off (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: on (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cancelled |
| English words defined with "cancelled": fob, fox ♦ play a trick on, pull a fast one on ♦ rain check ♦ scheduled ♦ trick. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cancelled": all or none order, all-or-none order, APPOINTMENT CLERK ♦ call money, CRAF ♦ day-to-day loan, Drapier's Letters, dysménorrhée ♦ fill or kill order ♦ good'til cancelled ♦ πίστωση αορίστου χρόνου ♦ MOS Technologies ♦ perturbative force, perturbing force, Postage, postponed update, preempted program, put-off update ♦ règles douloureuses, REAL-ESTATE CLERK, reception clerk ♦ SENIOR RESERVATIONS AGENT, shaft signal indicator, skew indent, spread spectrum communications, STATEMENT CLERK, SUPERVISOR, STATEMENT CLERKS ♦ ZMODEM. (references) |
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Screenplays | The Boston gig has been cancelled (This Is Spinal Tap; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Michael McKean) At the request of the Catholic Church, a three-day sex orgy to be held near Rio de Janeiro was cancelled last Friday. (Saturday Night Live; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen) In view of the fact that our Highness was taken violently ill at three o'clock this morning, put to bed with a high fever, and has ordered all her appointments for the day cancelled in toto (Roman Holiday; writing credit: Ian McLellan Hunter) Lunch has been cancelled today due to lack of hustle. (Heavyweights; writing credit: Judd Apatow; Steven Brill) | |
Clever | Yesterday is a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promised note. Today is ready cash, use it! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Cancelled Debt (1927) | |
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 | Artist's conception by Bruno Figallo, October 1948, showing the ship's approximate planned configuration as of that time. Many details, among them the location of smoke stacks, elevators and the retractable bridge, were then still not finally decided. This carrier was laid down at Newport News, Virginia, on 18 April 1949 and cancelled by the Secretary of Defense a few days later.Credit: NAVY. |  | Workmen lay the ship's 15-ton keel plate and initial shell plate, in a construction dry dock at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, 18 April 1949. The carrier was cancelled a few days later, on 23 April.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Ship's keel plate being laid in a construction dry dock at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, 18 April 1949. The carrier was cancelled a few days later, on 23 April.Credit: NAVY. |  | Poster from the "What the Navy is Doing" series, published by the Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York, circa 1919. It depicts the Lexington (CC-1) class battle cruisers and South Dakota (BB-49) class battleships then planned or in early stages of construction. These twelve ships were cancelled under the naval limitations treaty of 1922.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Large official model of this abortive class of battleship, photographed at the New York Navy Yard, 7 October 1944. Construction of the five ships of the class had been cancelled in July 1943.Credit: NAVY. |  | Artwork by F. Muller, circa 1919, depicting the definitive design for these ships, whose construction was cancelled under the Washington Naval Limitations Treaty of 1922.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Laid up alongside a smaller yacht, prior to World War I. Oneida was ordered taken over for U.S. Navy service abroad on 14 July 1917 and assigned the identification number SP-432. However, these orders were cancelled on 27 September 1917. The photograph, showing her without a smokestack, suggests that she was in poor condition, and thus unsuitable for Navy use.Credit: NAVY. |  | Photographed prior to her World War I Navy service. Formerly named Pioneer, and rebuilt in 1909, Pontiac was chartered by the Navy on 4 March 1918 and briefly served as USS Pontiac (ID # 2343). Returned to her owner on 5 June 1918, she was commandeered on 19 June. However, this action was cancelled and she was again returned to her owner in July 1918.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Tied up in the ice, prior to her World War I Navy service. Formerly named Pioneer, and rebuilt in 1909, Pontiac was chartered by the Navy on 4 March 1918 and briefly served as USS Pontiac (ID # 2343). Returned to her owner on 5 June 1918, she was commandeered on 19 June. However, this action was cancelled and she was again returned to her owner in July 1918.Credit: NAVY. |  | The heart of Juliet Jones. "Fortunately, a cancelled appointment enabled me to make time for you, my dear".Credit: Library of Congress. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Whosoever uses force without right, as every one does in society, who does it without law, puts himself into a state of war with those against whom he so uses it; and in that state all former ties are cancelled, all other rights cease, and every one has a right to defend himself, and to resist the aggressor. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | To this end the German insurance company will hand over to the Allied or Associated Government concerned the proportion of its assets attributable to the policies so cancelled and will be relieved from all liability in respect of such policies. (reference) |
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Business | However, in 2000, the RTAF was able to conclude a successful deal in acquiring sixteen used F-16 air defense fighter jets from the United States for US$136 million, utilizing the unused funds deposited at the Federal Reserve Bank toward the purchase of F-18 fighter jets, a purchase that was cancelled because of the economic crisis. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Tajikistan | This action also was cancelled after protests by UNHCR and others. (references) |
Fiji | The curfew imposed after the events of May 2000 was cancelled in October 2000. Citizens are free to emigrate. (references) | |
Czech Republic | The Dean of the university cancelled the series and threatened the professor who organized it with disciplinary measures. (references) | |
Economic History | Sudan | When prices of basic goods were increased in 1988, riots ensued, and the price increases were cancelled. (references) |
Central African Republic | Multi-party presidential elections were conducted in 1992 but were later cancelled due to serious logistical and other irregularities. (references) | |
Venezuela | Several months later, a second bid attempt with only one qualified bidder -- a consortium from the U.S., UK, and Venezuela -- was also cancelled. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brazil | The week before de Souza's visit, one prisoner had been diagnosed with tuberculosis and prison visitation hours had been cancelled because of the risk of contagion. (references) |
Bangladesh | The High Court granted bail for 3 months, but cancelled it the following day, ordering Taher and the five other persons to appear before a lower court within 2 weeks. (references) | |
Paraguay | In August the armed forces announced a campaign to stop arbitrarily young men in the streets to see if they had complied with their military service obligations; however, within a week, the armed forces cancelled the campaign after criticism from civic and human rights groups and inquires from Congress and local governments. (references) | |
Minorities | Slovak Republic | In January the Bratislava District Court Prosecutor cancelled the legal prosecution of Moric citing a lack of evidence; however, an investigation into the incident continued at year's end. (references) |
Slovenia | In 1999 Parliament offered these approximately 13,000 non-Slovene (former Yugoslav) residents permanent resident status; a 3-month window for applications closed at the end of 1999. During that period, a total of 12,863 persons applied for legal residence: 7,912 applications were accepted; 123 were rejected; 518 were cancelled because the claimants had received Slovenian citizenship; 20 were refused because additional information was required, and 4,320 remained unresolved at year's end. (references) | |
Political Economy | ECUADOR | Bids for public contracts are often delayed or cancelled. (references) |
Political Rights | Senegal | Following a complaint filed by the National Observatory of Elections (ONEL), the documents were cancelled. (references) |
Belarus | One day prior to the election, on September 8, the CEC cancelled the accreditation of approximately 3,000 observers. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | As a result of objections by local observers, the results in three polling stations in Tovuz were cancelled by the Central Election Commission. (references) | |
Trade | Egypt | Third: All previous instructions contrary to the above are to be cancelled. (references) |
Panama | The bond is cancelled if the prescribed documents are presented in due form within a period of 90 days. (references) | |
Portugal | Refund of duties can also be obtained if a customs clearance declaration is cancelled after the payment of duties. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | During the fall, classes are cancelled, and children are sent to fields to pick cotton. (references) |
Macedonia | There were no export processing zones (EPZ's); the Government cancelled plans to develop an EPZ with Taiwanese businesses. (references) | |
Russia | In a 1998 case, the Ust-Ilimsk air traffic controllers' union won a court case against management for reimbursement of the difference between wages they were actually paid and the wages they were entitled to receive under the industrial tariff agreement, as well as additional leave; however, the municipal court later cancelled its decision at management's request. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cancelled" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 67.00% of the time. "Cancelled" is used about 1,011 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 67% | 677 | 9,752 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 27.17% | 275 | 17,685 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.14% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.69% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,011 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cancelled": be cancelled ♦ good'til cancelled. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "cancelled": good-till-cancelled, just-cancelled, twice-cancelled. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cancelled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملغى (annulled, cancellated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 取消 (Cancel, Canceled, Canceling, Cancellation, Cancelling, Recision, revoke, Revoked, Revoking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ugyldige stemmesedler (cancelled ballot papers, spoilt ballot papers), stemmesedler der er erklaeret ugyldige (cancelled ballot papers, spoilt ballot papers), makuleret frimaerke (cancelled postage stamp, obliterated stamp, used postage stamp), ikke-transferable fordringer er fordringer,hvor fordringshaveren kun kan ophoere med at vaere fordringshaver gennem fordringens amortisation (non-transferable assets are assets the holder of which can cease to be the creditor only when the debt is redeemed or cancelled), gældende til annulleret (good till canceled, good'til canceled, good'til cancelled, good-till-cancelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | van onwaarde verklaard stembiljet (cancelled ballot papers, spoilt ballot papers), ongeldig verklaarde stembiljetten (cancelled ballot papers, spoilt ballot papers), gestempelde zegel (cancelled postage stamp, obliterated stamp, used postage stamp), gestempelde postzegel (cancelled postage stamp, obliterated stamp, used postage stamp), geldig tot herroeping (good till canceled, good'til canceled, good'til cancelled, good-till-cancelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | purkautua (be broken off, be cancelled, come undone, discharge, erupt), peruutua (be cancelled), GTC (good till canceled, good'til canceled, good'til cancelled, good-till-cancelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | timbre-poste oblitéré (cancelled postage stamp), les créances non transmissibles sont des créances dont le détenteur ne peut cesser d'être créancier que par extinction de la créance (non-transferable assets are assets the holder of which can cease to be the creditor only when the debt is redeemed or cancelled), les bulletins de vote déclarés nuls (cancelled ballot papers), les bulletins de vote annulés (cancelled ballot papers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | annullierte (canceled), abgeblasen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σφραγισμένο γραμματόσημο (cancelled postage stamp, obliterated stamp, used postage stamp), γραμματόσημο που έχει ακυρωθεί (cancelled postage stamp, obliterated stamp, used postage stamp), μη μεταβιβάσιμα στοιχεία ενεργητικού είναι απιτήσεις ο δικαιούχος των οποίων παύει να αείναι πιστωτής μόνο όταν η απαίτηση εξοφληθεί ή ακ (non-transferable assets are assets the holder of which can cease to be the creditor only when the debt is redeemed or cancelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מופר. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | eltörölt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ditangguhkan (postponed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | schede recanti voti nulli (cancelled ballot papers, spoilt ballot papers), schede nulle (cancelled ballot papers, spoilt ballot papers), le attivit non trasmissibili sono delle attivit delle quali il detentore non puo cessare di essere creditore se non per estinzione dell'attivit stessa (non-transferable assets are assets the holder of which can cease to be the creditor only when the debt is redeemed or cancelled), francobollo obliterato (cancelled postage stamp, obliterated stamp, used postage stamp), a revoca o cancellazione (good till canceled, good'til canceled, good'til cancelled, good-till-cancelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 雨天決行 (NOT cancelled in case of rain), 休講 (lecture cancelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きゅう"う (closing school, dropping one's studies, executing by oneself, express, famine relief, lecture cancelled, lying fallow, old friendship, old manuscript, suspension of sailings), うて"けっ"う (NOT cancelled in case of rain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 취소하" (Canceled, Voided). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scryssit (peeled, scraped, scratched), rast (rent, ripped), dollit magh (abrogated), currit ass (annoyed, deprived). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ancelledcay cancelado (aborted, canceled). (various references) отменять отмененный (abrogated). (various references) cancelo/ (canceled), cancelado (canceled, cancelling, off), suprimido (annulled), anulado (annulled, canceled, discontinued). (various references) avbruten (aborted, broken, discontinuous, intermittent). (various references) iptal edilmiş (annulled, washed out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "cancelled": precancelled. (additional references) | |
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"Cancelled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caancelled, Cancale, cancled, Candeleda, conceled, councelled. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cancelled" (pronounced ka"nsuld) |
| 7 | k a" n s u l d | canceled. |
| 5 | -n s u l d | counseled, penciled, stenciled. |
| 4 | -s u l d | bristled, hassled, hustled, jostled, muscled, nestled, parceled, tasseled, tussled, whistled, wrestled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, ambled, angled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, bungled, cabled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, commingled, corbelled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, giggled, gobbled, grappled, grizzled, grumbled, haggled, handled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, huddled, humbled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, jangled, juggled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, mangled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muzzled, needled, nettled, newfangled, nibbled, ogled, paddled, paneled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rambled, rankled, rattled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, stumbled, subtitled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tangled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, tripled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, unbridled, unlabeled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, wangled, whittled, widdled, wobbled, wrangled, wrinkled. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-l-l-n" | |
-1 letter: canceled. | |
-2 letters: cadelle, cadence, cenacle, cleaned, enlaced, nacelle. | |
-3 letters: accede, aneled, called, cancel, candle, cellae, celled, decane, enlace, lanced, leaden, leaned. | |
-4 letters: acned, allee, anele, caned, cecal, cella, clade, clean, dance, decal, eland, laced, laden, ladle, lance, naled. | |
-5 letters: aced, acne, alec, alee, cade, call, cane, ceca, cede, cell, clad, clan, dace, dale, deal, dean, dele, dell, dene, elan, lace, lade, land, lane, lead, leal, lean, lend, need. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-l-l-n" | |
+3 letters: precancelled. | |
+5 letters: calculatedness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 6E 63 65 6C 6C 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- -. -.-. . .-.. .-.. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 01101100 01101100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a n c e l l e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 006E 0063 0065 006C 006C 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376780697178787170 |
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