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cancel

1.0
No longer planned or scheduled
  • adjective
  • /ˈkænsl/
translation icon : cancelado
  • The concert was cancelled due to severe weather conditions.

So Borders USA is cancelled and will not air.

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Examples

  • So Borders USA is cancelled and will not air.

  • Even lunch was cancelled with the table already set.

  • So a bunch of summer jobs have been cancelled this summer.

  • And now that you're graduating, all the graduation season is being cancelled as well.

  • All flights to the island have been cancelled because of the storm.

  • The event has been cancelled, and everyone was notified in advance.

Synonyms

off
vscancel
8 1.0

Not working or operating

stops planned events or arrangements rather than general inactivity

Idioms

1 8.1

To ruin the joy and plans of Christmas for people

How Invalid

to void
  • Formal
23 7.1
to annul
  • Formal
6 6.3
to rescind
  • Formal
44 7.9
cancel
1.0
to suspend
141 3.9

Surface Forms

cancel positive

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.