to cancel
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1.0
- verb
- /ˈkænsl/
:
cancelar
- Due to low ticket sales, the theater will cancel the performance scheduled for next weekend.
- cancel plans
- cancel a reservation
- cancel a meeting
And I'm like, and I go, OK, well, I'll cancel my flight, man.
- And I'm like, and I go, OK, well, I'll cancel my flight, man.
- And so that whole thing has been cancelled, as well as graduation.
- However, he has to cancel our plans a lot for his kids.
- First of all, we were debating if we should cancel because it's so crazy.
- And she laid me on her table and she cancelled whatever she had next.
- Do you think I cancel on family commitments too much?
- Which reminds me, I'm going to have to cancel that skydive next one.
- When they make plans and they cancel them, you don't need to go overboard.
- If Logan Paul beats up Floyd Mayweather, cancel Christmas, right, It's done.
- You know, we'll, we'll, we won't cancel it right now, but we'll, we'll see.
- We still had them back then later the company cancelled most of them.
- If you've got shit going on, then cancel, just cancel it.
Examples
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So y'all, I think I'm going to have to cancel the stream today.
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Am I permitted to have my secretary cancel my appointments for the day?
Fiction book (1993) -
However, he has to cancel our plans a lot for his kids.
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Time to cancel some tickets.
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So I'll think about it, and if I change my mind, I'll just cancel it.
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Hey, listen, I'm gonna have to cancel out on the fishing trip.
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Yes, I'm trying, but they just canceled my flight.
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They've got to cancel the race.
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As a result, the Massachusetts Department of Insurance canceled the Order's state license.
Academic text (1995) -
On arrival, we found that all our reservations had been canceled or never made.
Academic text (1993)
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5.6
To stop a plan or activity before it finishes, often because of problems
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2.8
To cancel a planned event or activity
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3.4
To remove or cancel something, for example a meeting
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5.6
To cancel a planned event, often at short notice
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6.3
To stop something suddenly, for example a project
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Etymology
Cancel comes from the Latin cancellare, 'to cross out', and people used it when they crossed items off a plan or diary. That's why to cancel an event is to call it off or take it off the schedule.