cancel
- adjective
- /ˈkænsl/
- The concert was cancelled due to severe weather conditions.
So Borders USA is cancelled and will not air.
- So Borders USA is cancelled and will not air.
- It was like the year was cancelled because I knew from March to June.
- We both got the the note that, hey, this class is cancelled, not knowing each other yet.
- It's the plans being thwarted, the flight being cancelled.
- I just talked to a guy, he said Salzburg train cancelled, Milch no more.
Examples
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So Borders USA is cancelled and will not air.
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Even lunch was cancelled with the table already set.
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So a bunch of summer jobs have been cancelled this summer.
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And now that you're graduating, all the graduation season is being cancelled as well.
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All flights to the island have been cancelled because of the storm.
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The event has been cancelled, and everyone was notified in advance.
Synonyms
Not working or operating
Idioms
How Invalid
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cancelled comes from the Latin cancellare, which meant 'to cross out'. So when an event is cancelled, it has been taken off the schedule, as if someone drew a line through it.