vverb.socialpostpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduledSynset:call off cancel scratch scrub
Examples:- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
Derivationally Related Form:cancellation
Inherited Hypernyms:cancel
Entailment:schedule
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.stativemake up forSynset:cancel offset set off
Examples:- His skills offset his opponent's superior strength
Derivationally Related Form:offset
Hypernyms:balance equilibrate equilibrise equilibrize
Inherited Hypernyms:cancelbalancematchadjustchange
Direct Hyponyms:counteractcounterbalancecountervailneutralize
Full Troponyms:counteractoverride
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.socialdeclare null and void; make ineffectiveSynset:cancel strike down
Examples:- Cancel the election results
- strike down a law
Derivationally Related Form:cancelcancellation
Hypernyms:adjudge declare hold
Inherited Hypernyms:canceldeclareevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:annulavoidcountermandinvalidateliftnullifyoverturnquashrecallremitrepealrescindreverserevokevacatevoidwrite off
Full Troponyms:breakinvalidaterecallremitrenegeretirerevokeset asidestetwrite off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactremove or make invisibleSynset:cancel delete
Examples:- Please delete my name from your list
Derivationally Related Form:deletion
Hypernyms:remove take take away withdraw
Inherited Hypernyms:deleteremove
Direct Hyponyms:effaceeraseexciseexpungerub outscore outscratchstrikewipe off
Full Troponyms:erasescratch outspongestrike
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationmake invalid for useSynset:cancel invalidate
Examples:- cancel cheques or tickets
Hypernyms:mark score
Inherited Hypernyms:cancelscorerecordsavekeephave
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something