cancel
To cross out something with lines etc.
Verb 4 meanings
To cross out something with lines etc.
To invalidate or annul something.
“He cancelled his order on their website.”
To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it cannot be reused.
“This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.”
To offset or equalize something.
“The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.”
Noun 4 meanings
A cancellation.
The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
The page thus suppressed.
The page that replaces it.
Etymology
From Middle English cancellen, from Anglo-Norman canceler (“to cross out with lines”) (modern French chanceler (“to stagger, sway”)), from Old French canceler, from Latin cancellō (“to make resemble a lattice”), from cancellus (“a railing or lattice”), diminutive of cancer (“a lattice”).
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CANCEL at a glance
CANCEL has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + N 1 + C 3 + E 1 + L 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,208 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cancel
All rhymes- EXCEL14
- PARCEL10
- MARCEL10
- CHANCEL14
- PEDICEL12
- INCEL7
- TERCEL8
- CARCEL10
- RANCEL8
- TIERCEL9
- BARBICEL14
- ENSORCEL10
One letter away
- CANCER10
- CANNEL8
- CARCEL10
- RANCEL8
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