to cancel out

Examples

• All

• Unfortunately, the amount of miles we run doesn't necessarily cancel out the calories we eat.

  Blog text (6)

• George Osborne's Budget yesterday was not expected to cancel out the huge increase in costs.

  Academic text (2011)

• And so it will cancel out some of its energy and slow it down slightly.

• The effects roughly cancel out with little net change in cancer risk.

• So from that point on in the future, all the cash flows cancel out, so I'm done.

• Cars that run on electricity, meanwhile, suffer from high battery costs that can easily cancel out those cars' lower fuel bills.

  Academic text (2010)

• Lost foot traffic and reduced sales afterward usually cancel out the initial gains.

  Blog text (11)

• An independent Jewish state in part of the Jewish homeland does not cancel out the historic right to the whole state.

  Academic text (1996)

• Each political group, including the so-called Democrats, seeks to cancel out the other.

  Academic text (1996)

• Rising expenses can cancel out any profits a business makes over time.

Synonyms

C

to compensate

vsto cancel out

94 3.7

To change something to reduce a problem caused by something else

is more about removing an effect directly rather than making up for it

C

to counteract

vsto cancel out

47 4.8

To act against something to reduce its effect

tends to be used as a common spoken phrase rather than as a single word

N

to neutralize

vsto cancel out

39 5.6

To stop an action or effect by acting against it

aims to remove impact rather than produce an equal opposing force

B

to balance out

vsto cancel out

25 3.5

Make things equal and make up for a lack so nothing is too much or too little

is mainly about removing an effect rather than making things even

N

to nullify

vsto cancel out

12 6.8

To make something lose its effect or value

reduce or remove effect by acting directly against it

C

to counterbalance

vsto cancel out

9 5.1

To balance the effect of something by adding an opposite force

focuses on removing impact rather than making two sides equal

C

to countervail

vsto cancel out

• Formal

4 9.3

To act against something to reduce its effect

is similar but slightly more formal and less common in speech

N

to null

vsto cancel out

1 7.8

To make something have no effect or value

expresses the same loss of effect but as a two-word verb phrase

C

to counterpoise

vsto cancel out

1 9.8

To balance something by acting against it

is more physical or literal than the general action of making something ineffective

Antonyms

E

to enhance

424 4.0

Make something better or more attractive

A

to amplify

44 4.1

To make something larger, stronger, or more important

How Neutralized

to eliminate

• NSFW

502 3.4

to cancel out

12 4.0

to offset

104 4.4

to reduce

162 2.1

to diminish

201 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology