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Definition: CANCELED |
CANCELEDImperative & past participle1. Of Cancel |
Date "CANCELED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
Crosswords: CANCELED |
| English words defined with "CANCELED": Significant figures. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CANCELED": canceled check, CANCELLATION CLERK, Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Chlorophenoxy herbicides ♦ good till canceled, good'til canceled ♦ Intrastate Product, Irrevocable Letter of Credit ♦ memorandum-statement clerk, MORTGAGE LOAN PROCESSOR ♦ Panther, policy-cancellation clerk, premium-cancellation clerk, premium-card-cancellation clerk ♦ real accounts ♦ Special Local-Needs Registration ♦ tenancy at will, termination clerk. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ra-di-a-tion. Yes, indeed. You hear the most outrageous lies about it. Half-baked goggle-box do-gooders telling everybody it's bad for you. Pernicious nonsense! Everybody could stand a hundred chest X-rays a year. They ought to have them, too. When they canceled the project it almost did me in. One day my mind was full to bursting. (Repo Man; writing credit: Alex Cox) Actually, it did. But thank God nuclear winter canceled it out. (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) Attention all personnel ! Due to a lack of casualties, today's midnight movie will be shown at 9:00 in the morningAnd midnight has been canceled. (M*A*S*H; writing credit: Larry Gelbart) | |
Clever | If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, the calories in the candy bar are canceled out by the diet soda. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Canceled Sitcoms (2000) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Typographic | Yesterday is a canceled check, tomorrow is a promissory note, today is ready cash -- spend it ... wisely. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The CQ will be subject to annual review by the BOC and is valid until revoked or canceled. (references) | |
But after several delays the sale was canceled in 1995, because tariffs changed and regulations needed clarification. (references) | ||
To-date, seven PFG-2 (Perry Class) frigates have been produced by CSC and turned over to Taiwan's Navy. The construction of the last missile frigate was canceled previously. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Yemen | The refugee was not charged formally and his trial was canceled. (references) |
Cuba | De Cespedes was informed that his exit permit had been canceled. (references) | |
Tanzania | A week later, the police canceled a planned Muslim demonstration to protest his arrest. (references) | |
Economic History | Sierra Leone | Because of irregularities, the government canceled elections in 13 constituencies. (references) |
Lebanon | On March 5 the Lebanese Government canceled the May 17 agreement; the Marines departed a few weeks later. (references) | |
Sweden | However, if another party can prove he was the first user, he may have the trademark canceled and re-registered to himself. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | Relatives of Palestinian prisoners also claimed that in some instances they learned that visitation rights have been canceled only when they arrived at the prison after traveling for many hours from the occupied territories. (references) |
Indigenous People | Japan | It also canceled previous laws that discriminated against the Ainu, including the 1899 law, and required the Government of Hokkaido to return Ainu communal assets. (references) |
Minorities | Cote d'Ivoire | The March 25 municipal elections were canceled in Zouan-Hounien, and the authorities gradually restored calm. (references) |
Political Economy | PAKISTAN | The 1992 Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act outlawed bonded labor, canceled all existing bonded debts, and forbade lawsuits for the recovery of existing debts. (references) |
Political Rights | Algeria | In 1997, Algeria held its first elections to the APN since elections were canceled in 1992, and elected the first multiparty parliament in the country's history. (references) |
Singapore | In the 1999 presidential election, only the Government's candidate was ruled in compliance with all the legal requirements; therefore in accordance with the law, actual voting was canceled, and S.R. Nathan was declared the duly elected President. (references) | |
Trade | Norway | Upon re-exportation, the bond is canceled. (references) |
Argentina | A bond will be needed to cover the value of import charges for the goods, which is canceled when the goods are re-exported. (references) | |
Netherlands | The importer may have to post a temporary bond for the amount of customs duty and taxes as security that will be canceled when the goods are taken out of the country. (references) | |
Travel | Saudi Arabia | Once the visa is stamped on the passport, it must be used or officially canceled before a subsequent visa will be issued. (references) |
Worker Rights | Thailand | Repatriation is delayed, but not canceled. (references) |
Malaysia | When registration has been refused, withdrawn, or canceled, a trade union is considered an unlawful association. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | In law and honesty the notes of the bank in circulation at the expiration of its charter should have been called in by public advertisement, paid up as presented, and, together with those on hand, canceled and destroyed. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "CANCELED": be canceled ♦ Canceled figures ♦ good till canceled ♦ good'til canceled. Additional references. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
canceled | 23 |
canceled show tv | 15 |
action canceled | 11 |
canceled show | 9 |
canceled providence | 5 |
canceled lizzie mcguire | 5 |
canceled chick concert dixie | 3 |
canceled wedding | 3 |
canceled fastlane | 3 |
canceled show television | 3 |
canceled check | 3 |
canceled charles port | 2 |
canceled family guy | 2 |
canceled opera soap | 2 |
canceled doe john | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CANCELED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مشطوب (scarified). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 取消 (Cancel, Canceling, Cancellation, Cancelled, Cancelling, Recision, revoke, Revoked, Revoking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zrušený (cancellous, off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | gældende til annulleret (good till canceled, good'til canceled, good'til cancelled, good-till-cancelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | order tot herroep geldig (Good till canceled order, GTC order), geldig tot herroeping (good till canceled, good'til canceled, good'til cancelled, good-till-cancelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | GTC (good till canceled, good'til canceled, good'til cancelled, good-till-cancelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | annulé (cancel, cancellated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gelöscht (blanked, cancelled, erased, extinguished, killed, quenched, scratched, slaked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | batal (cancel out, in vain, invalid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | azione annullata (canceled share, forfeited share), a revoca o cancellazione (good till canceled, good'til canceled, good'til cancelled, good-till-cancelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 취소하" (Cancelled, Voided). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anceledcay cancelado (aborted, cancelled). (various references) otkazan (cancellated, off). (various references) anulado (annulled, cancelled, discontinued). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "CANCELED": precanceled, uncanceled. (additional references) | |
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"CANCELED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caancelled, Cancale, canceler, Cancelor, cancled, Candeleda, Canicule, Canteleu, conceled. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CANCELED" (pronounced ka"nsuld) |
| 7 | k a" n s u l d | cancelled. |
| 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. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-l-n" | |
-1 letter: cadence, cenacle, cleaned, enlaced. | |
-2 letters: accede, aneled, cancel, candle, decane, enlace, lanced, leaden, leaned. | |
-3 letters: acned, anele, caned, cecal, clade, clean, dance, decal, eland, laced, laden, lance, naled. | |
-4 letters: aced, acne, alec, alee, cade, cane, ceca, cede, clad, clan, dace, dale, deal, dean, dele, dene, elan, lace, lade, land, lane, lead, lean, lend, need. | |
-5 letters: ace, ale, and, ane, cad, can, cee, cel, dal, dee, del, den, eel, eld, end, lac, lad, lea, led, lee, nae, nee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-l-n" | |
+1 letter: cancelled, concealed. | |
+2 letters: uncanceled. | |
+3 letters: accelerando, adolescence, convalesced, precanceled, uncoalesced, unconcealed. | |
+4 letters: accelerandos, adolescences, chalcedonies, chalcogenide, cladogenetic, diencephalic, encyclopedia, indelicacies, precancelled. | |
+5 letters: chalcogenides, clairaudience, concelebrated, encyclopaedia, encyclopaedic, encyclopedias, occidentalize, technicalized. | |
| 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 41 4E 43 45 4C 45 44 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- -. -.-. . .-.. . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01000001 01001110 01000011 01000101 01001100 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C A N C E L E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0041 004E 0043 0045 004C 0045 0044 |
| 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)3735483739463938 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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