Definition of "cancel"
- verb
To cross out something with lines etc.
To invalidate or annul something.
To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
To offset or equalize something.
(mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
(media) To stop production of a programme.
- noun
A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
An inclosure; a boundary; a limit.
The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
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