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Definitions: Cancel |
CancelNoun1. A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. Verb1. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party". 2. Make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength". 3. Declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law". 4. Remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list". 5. Of cheques or tickets. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cancel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Cancel |
Insurance | To make void; annul; revoke. Source: European Union. (references) |
Language | To remove from significance or effectiveness as a: to destroy the force, effectiveness or validity of. . . b; to bring to nothingness. . . c: to remove from need for consideration. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | A document, is to put and end to it by drawing lines over it, or over its signature, in the form of lattice-work, or cancelli. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Cancel to blot out, is merely "to make lattice-work." This is done by making a cross over the part to be omitted. (Latin, cancello, to make trellis.) (See Cross It Out .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Military | In artillery and naval gunfire support, the term, "cancel," when coupled with a previous order, other than an order for a quantity or type of ammunition, rescinds that order. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CAN | English | Cancel character | Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CancelSynonyms: natural (n), call off (v), delete (v), invalidate (v), offset (v), set off (v), strike down (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: drop-ins (fine arts, publishing & graphic arts). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abrogation | Verb: abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize; overrule, override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; disestablish, disendow; deconsecrate. |
Noun: abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision; vacatur; canceling; Verb: cancel; revocation, revokement; repeal, rescission, defeasance. | |
Necessity | Phrase: it cannot be helped; there is no help for, there is no helping it; it will be, it must be, it needs to be, it must be so, it will have its way; the die is cast; jacta est alea; che sara sara; "it is written"; one's days are numbered, one's fate is sealed; Fata obstant; diis aliter visum; actum me invito factus, non est meus actus; aujord'hui roi demain rien; quisque suos patimur manes;"The moving finger writes and having writ moves on. Nor all your piety and wit can bring it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it.". |
Nonobservance | Discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void; cancel; (wipe off). |
Obliteration | Verb: efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out; wipe off, rub off; wipe away; deface, render illegible; draw the pen through, apply the sponge. |
Noun: obliteration; erasure, rasure; cancel, cancellation; circumduction; deletion, blot; tabula rasa; effacement, extinction. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I feel terrible, but I have to cancel our date tonight. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn't allow it. Four o'clock, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one. 5:30, jazzercize. 6:30, dinner with me. I can't cancel that again! (How the Grinch Stole Christmas; writing credit: Jeffrey Price) Robin Hood steals money from my pocket, forcing me to hurt the public, and they love him for it? That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas! (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; writing credit: Pen Densham and John Watson.) Cancel the Super Bowl? (Black Sunday; writing credit: Ernest Lehman) Women can't be gay. Because if men were gay and women were gay they'd cancel each other out. (Soap; writing credit: Jos Gevers; Jeroom Verten) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cancel My Reservation (1972) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Omar Khayyam | The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | But all the duty of honour, the other part, remains never the less entire to them; nothing can cancel that: it is so inseparable from them both, that the father's authority cannot dispossess the mother of this right, nor can any man discharge his son from honouring her that bore him. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Any Allied or Associated Power may within three months of the coming into force of the present Treaty cancel all the contracts of insurance running between a German insurance company and its nationals under conditions which shall protect its nationals from any prejudice. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Since the self-supporting hospital program has not shown the expected results, it is possible that the new administration will cancel the program. (references) | |
Under this convention, the consumer has the right to cancel a sale and return merchandise for seven days after the date of receipt of the ordered goods or services. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Malaysia | The Registrar also may cancel the registration of an existing company and disband it on the same grounds. (references) |
Oman | Most organizations avoid controversial issues because of fears that the authorities may cancel their events. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | The letter threatened revocation of the Baptist Union's registration if it did not immediately cancel Sunday school. (references) | |
Economic History | Argentina | The Civil and Commercial Codes permit a principal to cancel an agency agreement at his or her discretion. (references) |
Jordan | In particular, the Intifada caused many potential investors to shelve or cancel projects, and tourism receipts were off sharply. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | When this occurs, the investor is exposed to government charges of non-performance and the real possibility that the Government will cancel the contract. (references) | |
Human Rights | Singapore | After the hearing, the Committee makes a written recommendation to the President, who may cancel, confirm, or amend the detention order. (references) |
Moldova | In April 2000, violent clashes took place in Chisinau between police and students protesting the municipal decision to cancel their free public transport privileges. (references) | |
Peru | In 1998 the Human Rights Ombudsman called on the Government to rescind all outstanding detention orders that were more than 5 years old and to cancel all orders that did not comply with legal specifications. (references) | |
Minorities | Argentina | Early in the year, the Argentine Soccer Association established rules to stop or cancel games when any ethnic incidents or taunting erupts, such as anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant incidents that have occurred at soccer matches in the past several years. (references) |
Political Rights | Angola | The National Assembly voted in June 1999 to cancel the runoff election, pending a determination that conditions are appropriate for a new election. (references) |
Russia | Central Election Commission (CEC) chair Aleksandr Veshnyakov, cited term-limit laws, declared that Nikolayev's candidacy was "not legal" and said that the CEC might cancel his registration. (references) | |
Travel | Nigeria | Domestic airline schedules are fairly reliable and lack of aviation fuel can delay or cancel flights. (references) |
Turkey | Customs officials register the items to the traveler's passport and subsequently cancel them as the traveler exits the country with the same items. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kazakhstan | Courts may cancel a union's registration; however, there were no such cases during the year. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Hathaway kept everything close to the vest because if she let it all go she'd be trying to talk Miss Ellie into sharing a hotel room in Palm Springs for the Dinah Shore Golf Classic and they'd have to cancel the show. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Cancel" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 76.23% of the time. "Cancel" is used about 891 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 (infinitive) | 76.23% | 679 | 9,730 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 23.77% | 212 | 20,813 |
| Total | 100.00% | 891 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cancel" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cancel | Last name | 1,000 | 7,694 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "cancel": cancel a booking ♦ cancel a debt ♦ cancel an order ♦ cancel clause ♦ cancel each other out ♦ cancel key ♦ cancel my reservation ♦ cancel out ♦ cancel the membership of ♦ nor all your piety and wit can bring it back to cancel half a line ♦ to cancel cell masks. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "cancel": right-to-cancel. | |
| 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 |
cancel | 587 |
cancel aol | 365 |
cancel msn | 208 |
cancel account | 197 |
cancel exchange request | 106 |
cancel service | 71 |
cancel aol account | 65 |
cancel my membership | 54 |
cancel yahoo | 48 |
cancel msn service | 31 |
cancel hotmail | 31 |
cancel subscription | 30 |
cancel aol service | 28 |
cancel a credit card | 26 |
cancel email | 22 |
cancel aol membership | 21 |
cancel email yahoo | 20 |
cancel your mortgage | 18 |
cancel msn subscription | 18 |
cancel net zero | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cancel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | kanselleer (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit), annulleer (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit), afsê (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, countermand, remit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zgjidh (annul, arrange, dispose, dispose of, dissolve, do, iron out, resolve, settle, solve, unbind, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unlace, unleash, unlock, unravel, untie, work, work out), thjeshtoj (reduce, simplify), prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, blow, botch, break, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debase, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, dissolve, fester, fritter, frustrate, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, obliterate, pervert, pollute, pull down, quash, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, spend, split, spoil, stymie, take away, thwack, trouble, undo, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wear, wreck, zap), pezulloj (adjourn, block, call, recall, suspend), pezullim (abeyance, arrest, cancellation, hold, layoff, reversal, stay, suspense, suspension), i heq vizë (scribble), fshij (brush, brush away, clean off, clean up, deface, delete, efface, erase, mop up, obliterate, rase, raze, remove, rub, rub out, scratch out, strike off, sweep, wipe, wipe away, wipe off), anuloj (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, negate, nullify, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, set aside, void, withdraw), anulim (abolishment, annulment, avoidance, cancellation, cassation, Defeasance, defeat, invalidation, nullification, recall, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation), abrogoj (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محى, حذف (cancellation, castrate, delete, edit, elide, elimination, elision, miss out, omission, omit, retrench, skip, write off), عطل (cripple, damage, deactivate, derange, disrupt, foul up, hold up, jam, obstruct, stay, suspend), الغاء (abrogation, annulment, cassation, lifting, scratching), إلغاء (abolishment, abolition, annihilation, avoidance, cancellation, nullification, recall, repeal, rescission, revocation), ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, eliminate, lift, negate, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, set aside, spike, stop, undo, vacate), أبطل (abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, call off, circumvent, counteract, countermand, defeat, extinguish, frustrate, nullify, override, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, stultify, supersede, undo, upset, vacate, vitiate, void), شطب (blot, cancellation, cross, cross out, delete, deletion, score, scratch, scratching, slash, stroke, write off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съкращавам (abbreviate, abridge, condense, contract, curtail, cut short, discard, elide, prune, reduce, retrench, slash, take off, terminate, truncate), компостер, отменявам (abolish), отменям (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, countermand, disaffirm, extinguish, override, quash, raise, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub, supersede, undo, wash out, withdraw), отписвам (cross out, give up, strike off a name), зачерквам (black out, blank, cross off, cross out, delete, kill, score out, scratch off, strike, write off), задрасквам (cross out, deface, delete, expunge, scratch off, scratch out, strike through, take off), изрязване на текст, изхвърлен текст от шпалта. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 取消 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zrušit (abolish, abrogate, annul, break off, call off, close down, countermand, destroy, disannul, discontinue, dissolve, do away with, invalidate, nullify, overturn, quash, raise, repeal, rescind, revers, reverse, revoke, set aside, stop, strike off, sweep, take off, undo, unmake, vitiate, void, withdraw), odvolat (abolish, abrogate, annul, call, call away, call back, call off, countermand, cry off, draw off, recall, recant, renounce, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, swallow, take back, take off, undo, unsay, unswear, withdraw), odřeknout, anulovat (annul, annulled, invalidate, nullify, override, rescind, reverse, revoke, scrub). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sende afbud (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, countermand, remit), rettelsesblad (amendment sheet, error note), omtrykt blad, annuller, annullation, aflyse (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit), abbestellen (countermand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | annuleren (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit), afbestellen (countermand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | nuligi (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit), malmendi (countermand), kontraŭmendi (countermand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | taka aftur (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, draw back, remit, withdraw), gera til einkis (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فسخ کردن (Countermand, Disannul, Dissolve, Terminate), لغوکردن (Abrogate, Annul, Countermand, Disannul, Nullify, Repeal, Revoke), باطل کردن (Abrogate, Annul, Disannul, Dispense, Frank, Invalid, Invalidate, Quash, Undo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pyyhkiä (cross out, delete, dry, mop, strike out, wipe, wipe off), puuduttaa (amortize, anesthetize, declare invalid, pay off), peruuttaa (back, call off, reverse, revoke), mitätöidä, kumota (annul, nullify, overthrow, refute, repeal, revoke, turn, turn over, upset), hylätä (abandon, decline, desert, disallow, discard, dismiss, disown, forsake, leave, refuse, reject), epuuttaa (take back, withdraw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | annuler (call off), résilier (call off), biffer, abroger. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | skrasse (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit), annulearje (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit), ôfsizze (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, countermand, remit), ôfbestelle (countermand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | annullieren (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, dissolve, nullify, quash, remit, rescind, revoke), streichen (apply, ax, axe, bow, brush, brush treatment, brushing, brushing treatment, calender, coat, coating, cross off, cross out, cut, daub, delete, discard, draw, drop, elapse, glaze, kill, make a stroke, paint, put on, ramble, removal, remove, roam about, spread, spreading, stop, strike, stroke, sweep, to cancel, to discard, to elapse, to paint, waft, wander, write off), aufheben (abolish, abrogate, annul, break, break off, cancel out, close, dissolve, do away with, fuss, keep, lever, lift, lift off, lift up, make up for, neutralize, offset, pick up, quash, raise, remove, repeal, rescind, reserve, resolve, reverse, revoke, save up, set aside, to abolish, to abrogate, to annul, to override, to pick up, to repeal, to rescind, to suspend, unmake, void, withdrawal), abbrechen (abandon, abbort, abort, break, break away, break off, breakups, call off, demolish, DISC, disconnect command, discontinue, sever, shear off, snap, snap off, split off, stop, strike, tear down, terminate, to abort, to break away, to break off, to cut short, to discontinue, to dismantle, to sever, to tear down, to truncate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακυρώνω (abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, nullify, overide, repeal, rescind, scrub, to override, void). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | abrogoj (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | למחוק (cross out, delete, efface, erase, raze, rub out, rubber, strike off, strike out, wipe out, write off), לפסול (disallow, disqualify, illegalize, invalidate, reject, rule out), ל"פר (annul, break, contravene, defeat, foil, violate, void), לבטל (abolish, annul, invalidate, nullify, revoke, set aside, suspend, undo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | visszamond (recite), töröl (blue pencil, cross off, delete, scratch off, scratch out, to annul, to delete, to efface, to erase, to flannel, to scratch, to scrub, wipe), sztorníroz, megsemmisít (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, efface, elide, nullify, remit, repeal, to annihilate, to annul, to cancel, to destroy, to disfigure, to eliminate, to eradicate, to exterminate, to give sy a trouncing, to nullify, to overwhelm, to put down, to put to rout, to repeal, to reverse, to rout, to set aside, to smite hip and thigh), lefúj (blow off, to blow off, to call off, to whiff), eltöröl (abolish, do away, obliterate, to abolish, to annul, to extinguish, to obliterate, to put down, to repeal, to rescind, to revoke, wipe out), érvénytelenítõ bélyegzõ, érvénytelenít (abate, abrogate, annul, call off, disannul, invalidate, nullify, quash, rescind, to annul, to frustrate, to infirm, to invalidate, to nullify, to overrule, to rescind, to set aside, to toll, to vitiate, to void, void). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penghapusan (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, erasion, erasure, purging), pemusnahan (annihilation), menunda (adjourn, defer, delay, postpone), menangguhkan (defer, postpone, table). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | annullare (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, counter, countermand, delete, dissolve, nullify, override, overrule, quash, remit, rescind, scrub, set aside, tear up, to abrogate), cancellare (blot, cross out, delete, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, obliterate, rub off, rub out, score off, scratch out, stop, strike off, strike out, wipe out, zap), annullare un ordine (countermand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 取消し (cancellation), 取消 (cancellation), 取り消し (cancellation), キャリア組 (base, calibration, camp, camp in, camp site, camper, camper-van, campfire, camping, campus, campus shoes, campus wear, canceler, canceller, cancer, candle, candle service, candlestick, candy, cantaloupe, canter, canvas, career bureaucrats, carol, carriage, mobile home, model featured in an advertising campaign, RV). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | キャンセル , とりけし (cancellation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 취소 (Canceling, Cancellation, Cancelling, Voiding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | membatalkan (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit), batalkan (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scryssey (cancellation; growl, eliminate, elimination, erase, forage, grin, pare down, rub out, scrap, scrape, scrape away, scraping, scratch, shave, sneer, strike out, wipe out, write off), lheanagh ynnyd, duillag ynnyd, dolley magh (abolition, abrogate, abrogation, block out, cancellation, delete, erase, obliteration), cur ass (annoy, deprive, emit, extrude, inconvenience, put out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | kanselá (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit), anulá (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, remit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ancelcay cancelamento (abrogation, cancellation, rescission, retirement, revocation), anular (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annular, countermand, cross out, defeat, delete, disaffirm, disannul, dissolve, irritate, negate, neutron, nullify, off, overrule, quash, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, ring finger, ringed, rip up, set aside, strike out), anulação (abrogation, annulment, avoidance, cancellation, defeasance, defeat, deletion, dissolve, lickspittle, nullifications, recall, repeal, rescission, retirement, revocation, undoing). (various references) anula (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, discharge, dissolve, negate, negative, nullify, overrule, quash, recall, remit, render null, repeal, rescind, reverse, undo, vacate, vitiate). (various references) annullar (to cancel). (various references) вычеркивать (black out, blue-pencil, cross off, cross out, delete, efface, expunge, expurgate, kill, line through, obliterate, raze, score out, scratch, scratch out, strike off, strike out), отменять (abolish, abrogate, annul, back out, call off, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, disestablish, override, overrule, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, revoked, revoking, undid, undone), отмена (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, abrogations, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, disaffirmation, repeal, rescission, revocation), аннулировать (abate, annul, avoided, canseal, disannul, dissolve, invalidate, invalidates, nullify, override, overriden, overrode, quash, render null, rescind, vacate, void). (various references) uprostiti (reduce, simplify), ukinuti (abolish, abrogate, call off, discontinue, nullify, quash, rescind, reverse, revoke, set aside, undo), precrtati (cross off, cross out, score out, scratch off, scratch out, trace), poništiti (abolish, annul, countermand, defeat, foreclose, invalidate, nullify, quash, repeal, unmake, void), otkazati (break down, call off, denounce). (various references) anular (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annular, annulus, avoid, countermand, defeat, destroy, discontinue, invalidate, negate, negative, nullify, override, overrule, overturn, quash, remit, repudiate, rescind, revoke, ring finger, scrub, set aside, to abrogate, to override, undo, void, write off), cancelar (annul, call off, countermand, delete, erase, repudiate, scratch, spread, to cancel, undo, wipe out, write off, zap), cancelación (annulment, cancellation, deletion, repudiation), anulación (annulment, avoidance, cancellation, defeat, denouncement, nullification, repudiation, rescission, revocation). (various references) inställa (adjust, align, appear, approach, install, position, set), avboka, avbeställa (countermand), annullera (annul, defeat, nullify, revoke, withdraw). (various references) การยกเลิก (cancelation, cancellation, recall, rescission), ลบทิ้ง, ยกเลิก (disannul, lift, recall). (various references) feshetmek (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, countermand, dissolve, do away with, outlaw, quash, remit, rescind, set aside, vacate, wash out). (various references) викреслювання (cancellation, deletion, effacement, expurgation), передрукований аркуш, погашати (balance, null, sink), бекар, анулювання (abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, cancellation, defeasance, invalidation, nullification, repeal, rescission, revocation, write off), анулювати (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, bar, defeat, disannul, elide, null, nullify, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, undo, wash out, withdraw), передрук (typing), закреслювати (overscore, strike through), стирати (abrade, chafe, deface, delete, efface, erase, obliterate, rub out, wipe away), викреслювати (black out, blot out, blue pencil, cross off, cross out, delete, efface, elide, erase, expunge, line out, obliterate, rase, raze, score out, scratch off, scratch out), відкликати (call away, call off, countermand, recall, revoke, withdraw), компостер (punch, puncher), скасовувати (abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, disaffirm, disestablish, negative, nullify, repeal, rescind, withdraw), скасування (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, cancellation, defeasance, demolition, nullification, repeal, withdrawal), скорочувати (abate, abbreviate, abridge, ax, axe, blue pencil, boil down, castrate, curtail, cut, lop away, lop off, prune, retrench, shorten, shrink), закреслювання (crossing). (various references) sự xoá bỏ (cancellation, erasement), sự huỷ bỏ (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, disaffirmation, nullification, repeal, rescission, revocation), sự bãi bỏ lệnh ngược lại. (various references) dirymu (annul, nullify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cancellare, resignare, retractare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cancel": cancelable, cancelation, cancelations, canceled, canceler, cancelers, canceling, cancellable, cancellation, cancellations, cancelled, canceller, cancellers, cancelling, cancellous, cancels. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cancel": precancel. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cancel": noncancelable, precanceled, precanceling, precancellation, precancellations, precancelled, precancelling, precancels, uncanceled. (additional references) | |
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"Cancel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Acknell, ancel, ancell, canca, Cancale, cance, cancell, Canche, cancle, cancled, candel, canec, canel, cansol, cence, Cencio, cenel, Centel, ciance, cince, cinel, concal, conciel, concil, concill, concol, Cundell, Fanshel, Kanael, Kancheli. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cancel" (pronounced ka"nsul) |
| 5 | -a" n s u l | Hansel. |
| 4 | -n s u l | consul, council, counsel, pencil, Proconsul, stencil, tensile, tinsel, tonsil, unsell, utensil. |
| 3 | -s u l | antimissile, apostle, Axel, axle, basal, brasil, bristle, bustle, capsule, Castle, colossal, diesel, dismissal, dispersal, docile, dorsal, epistle, facile, fissile, fossil, gracile, gristle, Hassel, hassle, housel, hustle, imbecile, jostle, microfossil, missal, missel, missile, morsel, mucosal, muscle, mussel, Nestle, parcel, Passel, pixel, rehearsal, reversal, rustle, tassel, Tattersall, Tercel, Thistle, Tressel, trestle, tussle, universal, vassal, vessel, whistle, wrestle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-l-n" | |
-1 letter: cecal, clean, lance. | |
-2 letters: acne, alec, cane, ceca, clan, elan, lace, lane, lean. | |
-3 letters: ace, ale, ane, can, cel, lac, lea, nae. | |
-4 letters: ae, al, an, el, en, la, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-l-n" | |
+1 letter: calcine, cancels, cenacle, chancel, conceal. | |
+2 letters: calcanea, calcanei, calcined, calcines, calycine, canceled, canceler, canticle, caruncle, cenacles, chancels, clarence, conceals, conclave, cracknel, cyclamen, necklace, scenical. | |
+3 letters: accentual, caecilian, calcaneal, calcaneum, calcaneus, calcimine, calendric, cancelers, canceling, cancelled, canceller, canticles, carbuncle, caruncles, chalcogen, chanceful, chloracne, clarences, clearance, cochineal, concealed, concealer, conclaves, covalence, covalency, cracknels, cyclamens, cyclopean, inculcate, necklaces, peccantly, precancel, technical. | |
+4 letters: accelerant, accentless, accidental, accidently, acetylenic, caecilians, calcimined, calcimines, calcinoses, cancelable, cancellers, cancelling, cancellous, candlewick, carbuncled, carbuncles, chalcedony, chalcogens, chancellor, chloracnes, cladoceran, clearances, coalescent, coalescing, cochineals, coelacanth, complacent, compliance, concealers, concealing, conceptual, conciliate, convalesce, covalences, crunchable, economical, ecumenical, encyclical, inculcated, inculcates, indelicacy, lactogenic, mechanical, neoclassic, occidental, precancels, reluctance, reluctancy, scenically, technicals, uncalcined, uncanceled, uncoalesce. | |
+5 letters: acaulescent, accelerando, accelerants, accentually, acceptingly, accessional, accidentals, accountable, adolescence, anecdotical, anticyclone, archangelic, calendrical, calisthenic, cancelation, cancellable, cancerously, candlestick, candlewicks, centrically, chalcedonic, chameleonic, chancellery, chancellors, chancellory, chanticleer, circinately, cladocerans, coalescence, coelacanths, collectanea, collenchyma, commonplace, complacence, complacency, compliances, concealable, concealment, conceivable, conceivably, conceptacle, conciliated, conciliates, confiscable, conjectural, connectable, contractile, convalesced, convalesces, covalencies, cyclazocine, cyclohexane, electrician, encyclicals, incalescent, macronuclei, maleficence, mechanicals, melancholic, narcoleptic, neocortical, nonchalance, nonchemical, nonclerical, oecumenical, opalescence, precanceled, preclinical, reflectance, reluctances, technically, uncalcified, uncatchable, uncheckable, uncoalesced, uncoalesces, unconcealed, untechnical. | |
| 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 |
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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 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a n c e l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 006E 0063 0065 006C |
| 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)376780697178 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Abbreviations | 17. Acronyms 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Orthography 22. Bibliography |
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