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CANCELED

Definition: CANCELED

CANCELED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Cancel

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "CANCELED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references)

 

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Crosswords: CANCELED

English words defined with "CANCELED": Significant figures. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CANCELED": canceled check, CANCELLATION CLERK, Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Chlorophenoxy herbicidesgood till canceled, good'til canceledIntrastate Product, Irrevocable Letter of Creditmemorandum-statement clerk, MORTGAGE LOAN PROCESSORPanther, policy-cancellation clerk, premium-cancellation clerk, premium-card-cancellation clerkreal accountsSpecial Local-Needs Registrationtenancy at will, termination clerk. (references)

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Modern Usage: CANCELED

DomainUsage

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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Commercial Usage: CANCELED

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: CANCELED

AuthorQuotation

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CANCELED

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Speeches: CANCELED

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837In 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.

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Expressions: CANCELED

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CANCELED

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translations: CANCELED

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

   

Portuguese

  

cancelado (aborted, cancelled). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

otkazan (cancellated, off). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

anulado (annulled, cancelled, discontinued). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: CANCELED

Derivations

Words ending with "CANCELED": precanceled, uncanceled. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "CANCELED"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "CANCELED" (pronounced ka"nsuld)
7k a" n s u l dcancelled.
5-n s u l dcounseled, penciled, stenciled.
4-s u l dbristled, hassled, hustled, jostled, muscled, nestled, parceled, tasseled, tussled, whistled, wrestled.
3-u l daddled, 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.

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Anagrams: CANCELED

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.

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Alternative Orthography: CANCELED


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 41 4E 43 45 4C 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-    -.    -.-.    .    .-..    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01000001 01001110 01000011 01000101 01001100 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#65 &#78 &#67 &#69 &#76 &#69 &#68

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3735483739463938

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INDEX

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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