to cancel
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1.0
- verb
- /ˈkænsl/
- The debt will be automatically cancelled.
- cancel a subscription
- cancel an order
- cancel a contract
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Watch on YouTubeIt's not too bad, but that is how you cancel your Now TV.
- It's not too bad, but that is how you cancel your Now TV.
- OK, Rocket Money is going to help you cancel certain subscriptions.
- So now I mean cancel my Netflix subscription.
- There's also no easy way to cancel the forbearance that I found.
- I don't give and then cancels my order.
- And we just got news this morning that Mark Zuckerberg is canceling fact checkers at Meta.
Examples
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Will the government cancel the Universal Credit cut?
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You can skip or cancel the service anytime you want.
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It's not too bad, but that is how you cancel your Now TV.
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I need to cancel my order.
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I thought I told you to cancel the exhibit.
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The city cancelled the whole program.
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So now I mean cancel my Netflix subscription.
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OK, Rocket Money is going to help you cancel certain subscriptions.
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At the post office, he was told that P.O. Box 2721 had been cancelled several months ago.
Fiction book (1994) -
I need to cancel my subscription before the next billing cycle.
Synonyms
370
2.0
To remove information like text or files so it cannot be seen
197
2.6
Cancel the effect of an action or decision
144
4.1
To end a legal case so the court does not consider it
111
4.1
To officially end a law, system, or practice
98
6.2
Officially stop something from being valid, for example a license
82
5.6
To stop a plan or activity before it finishes, often because of problems
49
7.4
Declare a law or rule no longer valid
48
7.9
Officially cancel a law, order, or agreement
48
4.2
To stop something that is happening or being given
33
6.1
To make a document or agreement have no legal effect anymore
15
6.6
Cancel an official decision so it is no longer in effect
10
6.3
To stop something suddenly, for example a project
10
8.8
To officially cancel a law, agreement, or right
8
8.1
Officially say a decision or order is not valid
8
7.2
To make a law or contract have no legal effect
1
9.3
To cancel an earlier decision that said something was not valid so it becomes valid again
To stop a court case by canceling the official paper that starts it
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
How Final
111
4.1
- Formal
20
6.3
- Formal
98
6.2
301
1.0
228
3.9
336
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Cancel comes from the Latin cancellare, which meant 'to cross out' or 'to strike out' writing. So to cancel something is like drawing a line through it to make it no longer valid.