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C0061600 (kăn′səl)v. can·celed, can·cel·ing, can·cels also can·celled or can·cel·ling v.tr.1. a. To annul or invalidate: cancel a credit card.b. To decide or announce that (a planned or scheduled event) will not take place, especially with no intention of holding it at a later time: cancel a picnic; cancel a soccer game.2. a. To cross out with lines or other markings. See Synonyms at erase.b. To mark or perforate (a postage stamp or check, for example) to indicate that it may not be used again.3. To neutralize or equalize; offset: Today's decline in stock price canceled out yesterday's gain.4. Mathematics a. To remove (a common factor) from the numerator and denominator of a fractional expression.b. To remove (a common factor or term) from both sides of an equation or inequality.v.intr. To neutralize one another; counterbalance: two opposing forces that canceled out.n. The act or an instance of canceling; a cancellation.

[Middle English cancellen, from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellāre, to cross out, from cancellus, lattice, diminutive of cancer, lattice.]

can′cel·a·ble adj.can′cel·er n.

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(ˈkænsəl) vb (mainly tr) , -cels, -celling or -celled, -cels, -celing or -celed1. to order (something already arranged, such as a meeting or event) to be postponed indefinitely; call off2. to revoke or annul: the order for the new television set was cancelled. 3. to delete (writing, numbers, etc); cross out: he cancelled his name and substituted hers. 4. to mark (a cheque, postage stamp, ticket, etc) with an official stamp or by a perforation to prevent further use5. (usually foll by: out) to counterbalance; make up for (a deficiency, etc): his generosity cancelled out his past unkindness. 6. (Banking & Finance) a. to close (an account) by discharging any outstanding debtsb. (sometimes foll by out) accounting to eliminate (a debit or credit) by making an offsetting entry on the opposite side of the account7. (Commerce) a. to close (an account) by discharging any outstanding debtsb. (sometimes foll by out) accounting to eliminate (a debit or credit) by making an offsetting entry on the opposite side of the account8. (Mathematics) maths a. to eliminate (numbers, quantities, or terms) as common factors from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction or as equal terms from opposite sides of an equationb. (intr) to be able to be eliminated in this wayn9. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a new leaf or section of a book replacing a defective one, one containing errors, or one that has been omitted10. a less common word for cancellation11. (Music, other) music a US word for natural²⁰[C14: from Old French canceller, from Medieval Latin cancellāre, from Late Latin: to strike out, make like a lattice, from Latin cancellī lattice, grating] ˈcanceller, ˈcanceler n

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v. -celed, -cel•ing (esp. Brit.) -celled, -cel•ling, v.t. 1. to make void; revoke; annul. 2. to decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place; call off. 3. to mark or perforate (a postage stamp, admission ticket, etc.) so as to render invalid for reuse. 4. to neutralize; counterbalance; compensate for: His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark. 5. to eliminate by striking out a factor common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, equivalent terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc. 6. to cross out (words, letters, etc.) by drawing a line over the item. v.i. 7. to counterbalance or compensate for one another; become neutralized. 8. (of common factors in fractions, equations, etc.) to be equivalent; allow cancellation. n. 9. an act of canceling. [1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin cancellāre to cross out, Latin: to make like a lattice, v. derivative of cancellī, diminutive of cancrī grating (see castle), pl. of cancer, appar. dissimilated form of carcer prison] can′cel•a•ble; esp. Brit., can′cel•la•ble, adj. can′cel•er; esp. Brit., can′cel•ler, n.

cancel

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.

delay

cancel postpone">postpone put off">put off1. 'delay'

If you delay doing something, you do it at a later time.

The government delayed granting passports to them until a week before their departure.Try and persuade them to delay some of the changes.

If a plane, train, ship, or bus is delayed, it is prevented from leaving or arriving on time.

The coach was delayed for about five hours.The flight has been delayed one hour, due to weather conditions.2. 'cancel'

If you cancel something that was arranged, you decide officially that it will not take place.

The Russian foreign minister has cancelled his trip to Washington.Over 80 flights were cancelled because of bad weather.3. 'postpone' and 'put off'

If you postpone or put off an event, you arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned. Postpone is more formal than put off.

The crew did not know that the invasion had been postponed.This is not a decision that can be put off much longer.The Association has put the event off until October.

cancel

Past participle: cancelled
Gerund: cancelling

Imperative
cancel
cancel

Present
I cancel
you cancel
he/she/it cancels
we cancel
you cancel
they cancel

Preterite
I cancelled
you cancelled
he/she/it cancelled
we cancelled
you cancelled
they cancelled

Present Continuous
I am cancelling
you are cancelling
he/she/it is cancelling
we are cancelling
you are cancelling
they are cancelling

Present Perfect
I have cancelled
you have cancelled
he/she/it has cancelled
we have cancelled
you have cancelled
they have cancelled

Past Continuous
I was cancelling
you were cancelling
he/she/it was cancelling
we were cancelling
you were cancelling
they were cancelling

Past Perfect
I had cancelled
you had cancelled
he/she/it had cancelled
we had cancelled
you had cancelled
they had cancelled

Future
I will cancel
you will cancel
he/she/it will cancel
we will cancel
you will cancel
they will cancel

Future Perfect
I will have cancelled
you will have cancelled
he/she/it will have cancelled
we will have cancelled
you will have cancelled
they will have cancelled

Future Continuous
I will be cancelling
you will be cancelling
he/she/it will be cancelling
we will be cancelling
you will be cancelling
they will be cancelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cancelling
you have been cancelling
he/she/it has been cancelling
we have been cancelling
you have been cancelling
they have been cancelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cancelling
you will have been cancelling
he/she/it will have been cancelling
we will have been cancelling
you will have been cancelling
they will have been cancelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cancelling
you had been cancelling
he/she/it had been cancelling
we had been cancelling
you had been cancelling
they had been cancelling

Conditional
I would cancel
you would cancel
he/she/it would cancel
we would cancel
you would cancel
they would cancel

Past Conditional
I would have cancelled
you would have cancelled
he/she/it would have cancelled
we would have cancelled
you would have cancelled
they would have cancelled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cancel - a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flatnaturalmusical notation - (music) notation used by musicians
Verb	1.	cancel - postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"call off, scrub, scratch
	2.	cancel - make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"offset, set offcountervail, neutralize, counteract, counterbalance - oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"balance, equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate - bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
	3.	cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"strike downcountermand, repeal, rescind, revoke, annul, vacate, reverse, overturn, lift - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"remit - release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were remitted"write off - cancel (a debt)annul, invalidate, nullify, void, quash, avoid - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"recall - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
	4.	cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"deleteremove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"rub out, score out, wipe off, erase, efface - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"excise, expunge, scratch, strike - remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
	5.	cancel - make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets"invalidatescore, mark - make underscoring marks

cancel

verb1. call off, drop, abandon, scrap, scratch, put off, forget about, abort, put on ice, countermand The foreign minister has cancelled his visit to Washington.2. annul, abolish, repeal, abort, quash, do away with, revoke, repudiate, rescind, obviate, abrogate, countermand, eliminate Her insurance had been cancelled by the company.cancel something out counterbalance, offset, make up for, compensate for, redeem, neutralize, nullify, obviate, balance out These two opposing factors tend to cancel each other out.

cancel

verb1. To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean:annul, blot (out), cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out).Law: vacate.2. To put an end to, especially formally and with authority:abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void.Law: extinguish.3. To decide not to go ahead with (something previously arranged):call off.Slang: scratch, scrub.4. To make ineffective by applying an opposite force or amount:counteract, negate, neutralize, nullify.

Translations

取消盖销停止支付

cancel

(ˈkӕnsəl) – past tense past participle ˈcancelled , (American) ˈcanceled – verb1. to decide or announce that (something already arranged etc) will not be done etc. He cancelled his appointment.取消2. to mark (stamps) with a postmark. 盖销3. to stop payment of (a cheque, subscription etc). 停止支付ˌcancelˈlation noun取消cancel out to undo the effect of. We don't want our profits to be cancelled out by extra expenses.抵消

cancel

→ 取消zhCN

I'd like to cancel my flight → 我想要退票
I want to cancel my reservation (US)
I want to cancel my booking (UK) → 我要取消我的预订
I need to cancel my card → 我需要取消我的取款卡

cancel

cancel (one's) Christmas

slang To kill someone. As soon as that guy becomes a liability, I'll get Ray to cancel his Christmas, no problem.See also: cancel, Christmas

cancel each other out

Of two things, to negate or offset one another. Because my husband and I support different political parties, our votes for president always end up canceling each other out. Neither team has an advantage in net—they both have stellar goalies that ultimately cancel each other out.See also: cancel, each, other, out

cancel out

1. To negate or offset something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cancel" and "out." My husband and I support different political parties, which means that his vote always cancels out mine.2. To remove or erase something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cancel" and "out." We just ran out of the crab special, so be sure to cancel it out on the menu.3. To remove equal factors from a mathematical equation. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cancel" and "out." Once you cancel out those two numbers, what total are you left with?4. slang To kill someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cancel" and "out." Ray canceled out the informant, just as the boss told him to.5. To cease one's involvement in something. We can't cancel out now—everyone is relying on us!See also: cancel, out

cancel out of (something)

To cease one's involvement in something. I had to cancel out of the play when I realized that its rehearsals conflicted with softball practice.See also: cancel, of, out

cancel

To reject, spurn, disregard, or permanently dismiss someone. Harvey Weinstein is just one of the prominent men in Hollywood who have been effectively canceled in the wake of the Me Too movement. After today's revelation, can we all just agree to cancel him already?

canceled

Having been permanently rejected, spurned, disregarded, or dismissed. Said especially of a celebrity or other public figure who has been treated in such a way after having committed or been accused of criminal, offensive, or otherwise troublesome actions, especially sexual misconduct or bigoted statements. After today's revelation, can we all just agree that he's canceled?See also: cancel

cancel culture

The pervasive societal tendency, especially following the Me Too movement, to "cancel" (permanently reject, spurn, disregard, or dismiss) a celebrity or other public figure who has committed or been accused of criminal, offensive, or otherwise troublesome actions, especially sexual misconduct or bigoted statements. The term is often used to be critical of such a tendency. In our current cancel culture, some celebrities are being destroyed for relatively benign mistakes that they would have previously been able to apologize for and learn from. I think we can all appreciate how cancel culture has successfully taken power away from prominent people who are, in fact, criminals.See also: cancel, culture

cancel each other out

[for the opposite effects of two things] to balance each other. The cost of the meal you bought and what I owed you cancel each other out, so we're even. They canceled out each other.See also: cancel, each, other, out

cancel out (of something)

to withdraw from something. I hate to cancel out of the event at the last minute, but this is an emergency. It's too late to cancel out.See also: cancel, out

cancel someone out of something

and cancel someone out 1. to eliminate someone from something (as from a list of names). We had to cancel them out. We canceled out all the people who did not show up. 2. Sl. to eliminate someone; to kill someone. The drug lord threatened to cancel out his former partner for testifying against him.See also: cancel, of, out

cancel someone's Christmas

Sl. to kill someone; to destroy someone. (Underworld or jocular; the idea is that the dead person will not live until Christmas.) If he keeps bugging me, I'm gonna cancel his Christmas. Willie threatened to cancel Richard's Christmas if Richard didn't pay up.See also: cancel, Christmas

cancel something out

to balance the effects of something. Sending flowers might cancel the bad feelings out. The last payment canceled out the debt.See also: cancel, out

cancel out

Neutralize the effect of, offset, render void. For example, Anne's kindness to her neighbor could not cancel out her irritability. The verb cancel was used in this way by itself from the late 1400s; out was added in the early 1900s. See also: cancel, out

cancel out

v.1. To delete or erase something: I went back to the list and canceled out my name. Realizing the total was incorrect, I canceled it out and recalculated the price.2. To equalize or make up for something; offset something: Today's decline in the stock's price canceled out yesterday's gain. We made record progress last month, but the delays this month have canceled it out. I never go to the beach because the fun of swimming in the ocean and the difficulty of getting to the beach cancel out.3. To remove a common factor from both sides of a mathematical equation: After I canceled out the common factors, I could easily solve for the variable. When two factors are equal, you can cancel them out.4. To withdraw from something, as an activity or obligation: They had dinner reservations with us, but they had to cancel out when they couldn't find a babysitter.5. Slang To murder someone: The loan shark threatened to cancel me out if I didn't pay him the money. The gangsters vowed to cancel out any rivals.See also: cancel, out

cancel someone out of something

tv. to eliminate someone; to kill someone. The drug lord threatened to cancel out his former partner for testifying against him. See also: cancel, of, out, someone, something

cancel someone’s Christmas

tv. to kill someone; to destroy someone. (Underworld. The dead person will miss Christmas.) If he keeps bugging me, I’m gonna cancel his Christmas. See also: cancel, Christmas

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verb call off

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verb annul

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verb to remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean

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verb to put an end to, especially formally and with authority

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verb to decide not to go ahead with (something previously arranged)

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verb to make ineffective by applying an opposite force or amount

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noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

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verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

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verb make up for

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verb declare null and void

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verb remove or make invisible

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