Definition of cancel in English:

cancel

verbcancelling, cancels, cancelled, canceling, canceled ˈkans(ə)lˈkænsəl

[with object]

1Decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place.
取消；中止
he was forced to cancel his visit
他被迫取消访问。
Example sentencesExamples
- As of now, ABC has no plans to cancel the premiere of the show, which is set for September 21st.
- One song event was abruptly cancelled after the audio system apparently malfunctioned.
- There is no plan to cancel December's grand finale, the organisation said.
- It was then decided in 2001 to cancel these annual events completely.
- Great Yorkshire Show organisers have denied any plans to cancel this year's event because of the foot and mouth crisis.
- Will I get a refund, including additional fees, if the event is cancelled, changed or I cannot go?
- All political parties have decided to cancel all debate on the euro, but to proceed with the referendum.
- The organisers reserve the right to change or cancel listed events if weather is too bad.
- Monday's meeting was abandoned following an early morning track inspection and it was decided at 4 pm on Monday to cancel Tuesday's event.
- Sam laughed, ‘Well, I guess we have to cancel our little dinner plans for tonight, I'm sorry.’
- We nearly cancelled the whole dinner party plan for tonight.
- Earlier this week the event was cancelled after a dispute with police about on-street drinking.
- Also, while all indoor concerts and performance events are cancelled, outdoor activities are still held.
- Some said the administration should intervene and cancel the event.
- Early morning fog forced the organisers to delay the start, near Ripon, for half an hour, and when there was no improvement the event was cancelled.
- We thought long and hard about cancelling the event, but the day is all about families having fun.
- It is understood the decision to cancel a key meeting planned for Monday was taken after detailed examination of the club's accounts.
- Two hours before the party, they showed up and cancelled the event.
- But a lack of volunteers, rising insurance costs and increasing red tape has meant the organisers have cancelled the event.
- I just called to tell you my parents decided to cancel the party.
Synonyms
call off, abandon, scrap, drop
postpone, mothball
informal scrub, scratch, axe, nix
North American informal redline
1. 1.1 Annul or revoke (a formal arrangement which is in effect)
  宣布作废；使无效
  his visa had been cancelled
  他的签证被注销了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Jefri would cancel the tender process if he found that companies were being manipulated by legislative council members.
  The union had authorised industrial action without a ballot and the plaintiff obtained an order that the union should withdraw and cancel any instruction, direction or decision to take strike action.
  The bank had agreed to keep the accounts separate, and if it wished to cancel this arrangement in view of the changed circumstances, it had to give notice to the customer.
  Unfortunately we have been informed by your bank that they have cancelled your Direct Debit instruction.
  As a codicil it does not annul the testament or cancel the promises.
  If you obtain service work elsewhere, you may void or cancel the warranty all together.
  You should not suddenly stop making payments or cancel the policy without doing research and taking the appropriate financial advice.
  Near the end of the war, the Federal Aviation Administration's reclassification of South Vietnam as a dangerous combat area had the effect of canceling the insurance of any civil aircraft operating there.
  How can we justify in effect canceling the Fifth Amendment, nullifying due process, and allowing for indefinite incarceration without a trial?
  My final letter to the bank cancelled 14 subscriptions and effected an annual saving of nearly £75.
  The company does not accept the conclusion and exact arrangements for cancelling the contract are still being finalised.
  You can cancel the arrangement at any time should your circumstances change.
  The Department wishes to contact them in order to assess the possible effects on them of a decision to cancel your visa.
  Synonyms
  annul, invalidate, nullify, declare null and void, render null and void, void
  revoke, rescind, retract, countermand, set aside, take back, withdraw, recall, repeal, overrule, override, abrogate, quash
  extinguish, remit, retire
  Law vacate, discharge
  rare disannul, negate
2. 1.2 Abolish or make void (a financial obligation)
  注销，免去（金融债务）
  I intend to cancel your debt to me
  我打算免去你欠我的债务。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Ten years before this in 63 BC, another noble, Catiline, had declared support for redistributing land and cancelling debts.
  Bad debt statistics also cover former tenants who have been declared bankrupt and are therefore unable to cancel their debts.
  Finally, the above classifications relate to promissory conditions but there may also be contingent conditions which either suspend or cancel contractual liability.
  In March 1681 the king agreed to grant young William, the admiral's heir, proprietary ownership of the lands west of the Delaware River and north of the Maryland border in exchange for canceling the old debt.
  Faced with two debtors, neither of whom could repay the loan, the creditor decided to cancel both obligations.
  Mr Clarke said the G8 had shown clear commitment to tackle poverty with an agreement to cancel the debt of some of the world's poorest countries.
  Jewish law dictated that every seventh year all debts should be cancelled and all slaves freed.
  We totally agree with President Mwanawasa who has appealed to the donor community to consider cancelling Zambia's external debt as Japan has done.
  We must do all we can to help these people, including cancelling their debts.
  He said it was vital for Western nations to help Africa by getting trade restrictions lifted and cancelling debt.
  If it is settled in his or her favour, the debt will be cancelled.
  There should be no conditions, no timetables, no waiting before debt is cancelled.
  Just cancelling the debts of Third World nations is not enough.
  All the debt should be cancelled now, and a massive aid package sent to the affected countries.
  Forgiving someone who has wronged us is like canceling a debt.
  Priority, on a global scale, could involve cancelling Third World debt and tackling Africa's AIDS crisis.
  The students are believed to have taken advantage of a loophole in legislation, allowing loan debts to be cancelled by bankruptcy.
  The document also calls on international financial institutions and donor countries to cancel Africa's debt in order to free up resources to fight the disease.
  The hope is that the decisions of the G8 leaders will help some of the poorest people in our world by cancelling unpayable debts, giving more and better aid, and creating more just trade rules.
  Insurance underwriters have given notice that they will cancel war liabilities from midnight on Monday.
3. 1.3 Mark, pierce, or tear (a ticket or stamp) to show that it has been used or invalidated.
  注销，盖销（车票，邮票）
  cancelling stamps on registered mail
  盖销挂号信上的邮票。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The check is then canceled and returned to the buyer.
2usually cancel something out(of a factor or circumstance) neutralize or negate the force or effect of (another)
（因素，情况）抵消，对消
the electric fields may cancel each other out
诸电场可相互抵消。
Example sentencesExamples
- There will come a point around 2011 when the extra spending power of this group is cancelled out by the extra unemployment problems.
- Any benefits have been cancelled out by the demand of debt repayment.
- While Western governments appear to be giving large sums of money in aid to developing countries, the aid is cancelled out by the massive debts these countries owe.
- Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal powers come into mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.
- The only way in which the form of the laws of motion can remain the same for all observers in arbitrary accelerated motion relative to one another is if the gravitational force field exists to cancel them out.
- However, for every positive thing, there is at least one negative thing to cancel it out.
- The public enterprise spokesman said there was little point in the EU liberalising the car market to give better value to the consumers if the advantage is cancelled out by a punitive tax regime.
- An objective assessment of the overall investment environment shows that the positive competitive advantages are cancelled out by continuing bureaucratic, fiscal and structural obstacles.
- For every great game released this year there has been a real high-profile stinker to cancel it out.
- The particles would also develop a collective motion: as opposing motions would be cancelled out, the cloud would end up rotating.
- There were plenty of companies who were using information technology well - but they were canceled out by those who were using it terribly.
- The bead size and arrangement ensures that every peak in the scattered waves is met by an identical trough that cancels it out, a process known as destructive interference.
- Brendan Maher opened the scoring for Portarlington but his point was cancelled out by P.J. Harding.
- Reddish marks can be cancelled out by using a green ‘color corrector.’
- Conor Duffy opened the scoring for the home side but this score was cancelled out by a fine strike by Fran Feane.
- I popped my head on the pillow early last night, feeling tired and jaded, and hoping that the negatives of the day would be cancelled out by a good night's sleep.
- Whatever effect the beam from one side had, the beam from the other side would cancel it out.
- In diamagnetic materials, all intrinsic magnetic moments are cancelled out by the pairing of electrons.
- At low tides, reflections from the sea cause interference in the broadband signal and can even cancel the signal out altogether.
- Within two minutes the goal was cancelled out in extraordinary circumstances.
Synonyms
neutralize, counterbalance, counteract, balance (out), countervail
negate, nullify, wipe out
offset, compensate for, make up for
rare negative, counterweigh
1. 2.1Mathematics Delete (an equal factor) from both sides of an equation or from the numerator and denominator of a fraction.
  〔数〕（从方程式或分数的分子，分母）约去，消去（相等因子）
  ‘Divide by 9’ cancels out ‘multiply by 9’
  Example sentencesExamples
  If both the numerator and denominator have common factors, then we can cancel these factors out.
  All of the numerators will be factors of the numerator of the product and all of the denominators will be factors of the denominator of the product, so you can cancel out any factor of anything in a numerator with any factor of anything in a denominator.
  By adding simultaneous equations we may cancel out one of the unknowns.
  For problems like these, you want to add the two equations together in such a way as to cancel out either the x or y terms.
  Just as numbers cancel out when the same number is on the top and bottom of a fraction (2/2 = 2 ÷ 2 = 1), so do units cancel out if you have the same unit in the numerator and denominator.

nounPlural cancels ˈkans(ə)lˈkænsəl

1A mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used.
注销，盖销（车票，邮票）
a stamp franked and with an adhesive cancel
2Printing
A new page or section inserted in a book to replace the original text, typically to correct an error.
〔印刷〕经修正的版面
as modifier a cancel title page
一张经过修正的扉页。
Example sentencesExamples
- He had followed exactly the same practice with the revised text of Winter and created the same effect by reissuing copies of Summer with a cancel title.

Derivatives

canceller

nounˈkans(ə)lə

A device used to cancel something, especially one that makes a cancellation on a postage stamp.
In software echo cancellers, the considerable CPU load that can be freed by echo detection is always immediately available to other processes, which in turn can increase the quality and capacity of the system significantly.
In California MSN didn't require cancellers to give the money back, so even though the law seems to say it could, it can't.
Maybe he will go down in history in a positive light for being the CSME canceller that turned out to be a huge fiasco for everyone except the Bahamas?
Example sentencesExamples
- Because they were distributed only to major cities, we would not expect to find strikes of the commercial rubber cancelers on Executive, State, Justice, or Navy stamps.
- The top configuration tests how the canceler responds to signals that arrive through different delay paths.
- Eventually, all network echo cancelers were updated or replaced with ones that could be disabled.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'obliterate or delete writing by drawing or stamping lines across it'): from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellare, from cancelli 'crossbars'.

The early sense was ‘obliterate or delete writing by drawing or stamping lines across it’, which, in legal contexts, rendered documents void. It is from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellare, from cancelli ‘crossbars, grating’ describing the shape of the lines.

Rhymes

hansel, Hänsel, Mansell

Definition of cancel in US English:

cancel

verbˈkansəlˈkænsəl

[with object]

1Decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place.
取消；中止
he was forced to cancel his visit
他被迫取消访问。
Example sentencesExamples
- Great Yorkshire Show organisers have denied any plans to cancel this year's event because of the foot and mouth crisis.
- We thought long and hard about cancelling the event, but the day is all about families having fun.
- Also, while all indoor concerts and performance events are cancelled, outdoor activities are still held.
- It is understood the decision to cancel a key meeting planned for Monday was taken after detailed examination of the club's accounts.
- It was then decided in 2001 to cancel these annual events completely.
- Will I get a refund, including additional fees, if the event is cancelled, changed or I cannot go?
- Two hours before the party, they showed up and cancelled the event.
- We nearly cancelled the whole dinner party plan for tonight.
- But a lack of volunteers, rising insurance costs and increasing red tape has meant the organisers have cancelled the event.
- Some said the administration should intervene and cancel the event.
- All political parties have decided to cancel all debate on the euro, but to proceed with the referendum.
- Early morning fog forced the organisers to delay the start, near Ripon, for half an hour, and when there was no improvement the event was cancelled.
- Monday's meeting was abandoned following an early morning track inspection and it was decided at 4 pm on Monday to cancel Tuesday's event.
- The organisers reserve the right to change or cancel listed events if weather is too bad.
- One song event was abruptly cancelled after the audio system apparently malfunctioned.
- Sam laughed, ‘Well, I guess we have to cancel our little dinner plans for tonight, I'm sorry.’
- As of now, ABC has no plans to cancel the premiere of the show, which is set for September 21st.
- I just called to tell you my parents decided to cancel the party.
- There is no plan to cancel December's grand finale, the organisation said.
- Earlier this week the event was cancelled after a dispute with police about on-street drinking.
Synonyms
call off, abandon, scrap, drop
1. 1.1 Annul or revoke (a formal arrangement which is in effect)
  宣布作废；使无效
  his visa had been canceled
  他的签证被注销了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  My final letter to the bank cancelled 14 subscriptions and effected an annual saving of nearly £75.
  You should not suddenly stop making payments or cancel the policy without doing research and taking the appropriate financial advice.
  The company does not accept the conclusion and exact arrangements for cancelling the contract are still being finalised.
  As a codicil it does not annul the testament or cancel the promises.
  The Department wishes to contact them in order to assess the possible effects on them of a decision to cancel your visa.
  Near the end of the war, the Federal Aviation Administration's reclassification of South Vietnam as a dangerous combat area had the effect of canceling the insurance of any civil aircraft operating there.
  If you obtain service work elsewhere, you may void or cancel the warranty all together.
  Unfortunately we have been informed by your bank that they have cancelled your Direct Debit instruction.
  Jefri would cancel the tender process if he found that companies were being manipulated by legislative council members.
  The bank had agreed to keep the accounts separate, and if it wished to cancel this arrangement in view of the changed circumstances, it had to give notice to the customer.
  The union had authorised industrial action without a ballot and the plaintiff obtained an order that the union should withdraw and cancel any instruction, direction or decision to take strike action.
  How can we justify in effect canceling the Fifth Amendment, nullifying due process, and allowing for indefinite incarceration without a trial?
  You can cancel the arrangement at any time should your circumstances change.
  Synonyms
  annul, invalidate, nullify, declare null and void, render null and void, void
2. 1.2 Abolish or make void (a financial obligation)
  注销，免去（金融债务）
  I intend to cancel your debt to me
  我打算免去你欠我的债务。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There should be no conditions, no timetables, no waiting before debt is cancelled.
  He said it was vital for Western nations to help Africa by getting trade restrictions lifted and cancelling debt.
  All the debt should be cancelled now, and a massive aid package sent to the affected countries.
  Bad debt statistics also cover former tenants who have been declared bankrupt and are therefore unable to cancel their debts.
  Priority, on a global scale, could involve cancelling Third World debt and tackling Africa's AIDS crisis.
  Ten years before this in 63 BC, another noble, Catiline, had declared support for redistributing land and cancelling debts.
  Faced with two debtors, neither of whom could repay the loan, the creditor decided to cancel both obligations.
  The hope is that the decisions of the G8 leaders will help some of the poorest people in our world by cancelling unpayable debts, giving more and better aid, and creating more just trade rules.
  We must do all we can to help these people, including cancelling their debts.
  Jewish law dictated that every seventh year all debts should be cancelled and all slaves freed.
  Insurance underwriters have given notice that they will cancel war liabilities from midnight on Monday.
  Mr Clarke said the G8 had shown clear commitment to tackle poverty with an agreement to cancel the debt of some of the world's poorest countries.
  Finally, the above classifications relate to promissory conditions but there may also be contingent conditions which either suspend or cancel contractual liability.
  In March 1681 the king agreed to grant young William, the admiral's heir, proprietary ownership of the lands west of the Delaware River and north of the Maryland border in exchange for canceling the old debt.
  Forgiving someone who has wronged us is like canceling a debt.
  The students are believed to have taken advantage of a loophole in legislation, allowing loan debts to be cancelled by bankruptcy.
  The document also calls on international financial institutions and donor countries to cancel Africa's debt in order to free up resources to fight the disease.
  If it is settled in his or her favour, the debt will be cancelled.
  Just cancelling the debts of Third World nations is not enough.
  We totally agree with President Mwanawasa who has appealed to the donor community to consider cancelling Zambia's external debt as Japan has done.
3. 1.3 Mark, pierce, or tear (a ticket, check, or postage stamp) to show that it has been used or invalidated.
  注销，盖销（车票，邮票）
  as adjective canceled checks
  Example sentencesExamples
  The check is then canceled and returned to the buyer.
2(of a factor or circumstance) neutralize or negate the force or effect of (another)
（因素，情况）抵消，对消
the electric fields may cancel each other out
诸电场可相互抵消。
Example sentencesExamples
- For every great game released this year there has been a real high-profile stinker to cancel it out.
- Within two minutes the goal was cancelled out in extraordinary circumstances.
- The particles would also develop a collective motion: as opposing motions would be cancelled out, the cloud would end up rotating.
- Whatever effect the beam from one side had, the beam from the other side would cancel it out.
- The bead size and arrangement ensures that every peak in the scattered waves is met by an identical trough that cancels it out, a process known as destructive interference.
- While Western governments appear to be giving large sums of money in aid to developing countries, the aid is cancelled out by the massive debts these countries owe.
- At low tides, reflections from the sea cause interference in the broadband signal and can even cancel the signal out altogether.
- An objective assessment of the overall investment environment shows that the positive competitive advantages are cancelled out by continuing bureaucratic, fiscal and structural obstacles.
- Brendan Maher opened the scoring for Portarlington but his point was cancelled out by P.J. Harding.
- Any benefits have been cancelled out by the demand of debt repayment.
- The only way in which the form of the laws of motion can remain the same for all observers in arbitrary accelerated motion relative to one another is if the gravitational force field exists to cancel them out.
- I popped my head on the pillow early last night, feeling tired and jaded, and hoping that the negatives of the day would be cancelled out by a good night's sleep.
- Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal powers come into mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.
- Reddish marks can be cancelled out by using a green ‘color corrector.’
- Conor Duffy opened the scoring for the home side but this score was cancelled out by a fine strike by Fran Feane.
- There will come a point around 2011 when the extra spending power of this group is cancelled out by the extra unemployment problems.
- There were plenty of companies who were using information technology well - but they were canceled out by those who were using it terribly.
- However, for every positive thing, there is at least one negative thing to cancel it out.
- In diamagnetic materials, all intrinsic magnetic moments are cancelled out by the pairing of electrons.
- The public enterprise spokesman said there was little point in the EU liberalising the car market to give better value to the consumers if the advantage is cancelled out by a punitive tax regime.
Synonyms
neutralize, counterbalance, counteract, balance, balance out, countervail
1. 2.1Mathematics Delete (an equal factor) from both sides of an equation or from the numerator and denominator of a fraction.
  〔数〕（从方程式或分数的分子，分母）约去，消去（相等因子）
  Example sentencesExamples
  All of the numerators will be factors of the numerator of the product and all of the denominators will be factors of the denominator of the product, so you can cancel out any factor of anything in a numerator with any factor of anything in a denominator.
  Just as numbers cancel out when the same number is on the top and bottom of a fraction (2/2 = 2 ÷ 2 = 1), so do units cancel out if you have the same unit in the numerator and denominator.
  For problems like these, you want to add the two equations together in such a way as to cancel out either the x or y terms.
  If both the numerator and denominator have common factors, then we can cancel these factors out.
  By adding simultaneous equations we may cancel out one of the unknowns.

nounˈkansəlˈkænsəl

1A mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used.
注销，盖销（车票，邮票）
2Printing
A new page or section inserted in a book to replace the original text, typically to correct an error.
〔印刷〕经修正的版面
as modifier a cancel title page
一张经过修正的扉页。
Example sentencesExamples
- He had followed exactly the same practice with the revised text of Winter and created the same effect by reissuing copies of Summer with a cancel title.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘obliterate or delete writing by drawing or stamping lines across it’): from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellare, from cancelli ‘crossbars’.

词汇	cancel
释义	Definition of cancel in English: cancel verbcancelling, cancels, cancelled, canceling, canceled ˈkans(ə)lˈkænsəl [with object] 1Decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place. 取消；中止 he was forced to cancel his visit 他被迫取消访问。 Example sentencesExamples As of now, ABC has no plans to cancel the premiere of the show, which is set for September 21st. One song event was abruptly cancelled after the audio system apparently malfunctioned. There is no plan to cancel December's grand finale, the organisation said. It was then decided in 2001 to cancel these annual events completely. Great Yorkshire Show organisers have denied any plans to cancel this year's event because of the foot and mouth crisis. Will I get a refund, including additional fees, if the event is cancelled, changed or I cannot go? All political parties have decided to cancel all debate on the euro, but to proceed with the referendum. The organisers reserve the right to change or cancel listed events if weather is too bad. Monday's meeting was abandoned following an early morning track inspection and it was decided at 4 pm on Monday to cancel Tuesday's event. Sam laughed, ‘Well, I guess we have to cancel our little dinner plans for tonight, I'm sorry.’ We nearly cancelled the whole dinner party plan for tonight. Earlier this week the event was cancelled after a dispute with police about on-street drinking. Also, while all indoor concerts and performance events are cancelled, outdoor activities are still held. Some said the administration should intervene and cancel the event. Early morning fog forced the organisers to delay the start, near Ripon, for half an hour, and when there was no improvement the event was cancelled. We thought long and hard about cancelling the event, but the day is all about families having fun. It is understood the decision to cancel a key meeting planned for Monday was taken after detailed examination of the club's accounts. Two hours before the party, they showed up and cancelled the event. But a lack of volunteers, rising insurance costs and increasing red tape has meant the organisers have cancelled the event. I just called to tell you my parents decided to cancel the party. Synonyms call off, abandon, scrap, drop postpone, mothball informal scrub, scratch, axe, nix North American informal redline 1.1 Annul or revoke (a formal arrangement which is in effect) 宣布作废；使无效 his visa had been cancelled 他的签证被注销了。 Example sentencesExamples Jefri would cancel the tender process if he found that companies were being manipulated by legislative council members. The union had authorised industrial action without a ballot and the plaintiff obtained an order that the union should withdraw and cancel any instruction, direction or decision to take strike action. The bank had agreed to keep the accounts separate, and if it wished to cancel this arrangement in view of the changed circumstances, it had to give notice to the customer. Unfortunately we have been informed by your bank that they have cancelled your Direct Debit instruction. As a codicil it does not annul the testament or cancel the promises. If you obtain service work elsewhere, you may void or cancel the warranty all together. You should not suddenly stop making payments or cancel the policy without doing research and taking the appropriate financial advice. Near the end of the war, the Federal Aviation Administration's reclassification of South Vietnam as a dangerous combat area had the effect of canceling the insurance of any civil aircraft operating there. How can we justify in effect canceling the Fifth Amendment, nullifying due process, and allowing for indefinite incarceration without a trial? My final letter to the bank cancelled 14 subscriptions and effected an annual saving of nearly £75. The company does not accept the conclusion and exact arrangements for cancelling the contract are still being finalised. You can cancel the arrangement at any time should your circumstances change. The Department wishes to contact them in order to assess the possible effects on them of a decision to cancel your visa. Synonyms annul, invalidate, nullify, declare null and void, render null and void, void revoke, rescind, retract, countermand, set aside, take back, withdraw, recall, repeal, overrule, override, abrogate, quash extinguish, remit, retire Law vacate, discharge rare disannul, negate 1.2 Abolish or make void (a financial obligation) 注销，免去（金融债务） I intend to cancel your debt to me 我打算免去你欠我的债务。 Example sentencesExamples Ten years before this in 63 BC, another noble, Catiline, had declared support for redistributing land and cancelling debts. Bad debt statistics also cover former tenants who have been declared bankrupt and are therefore unable to cancel their debts. Finally, the above classifications relate to promissory conditions but there may also be contingent conditions which either suspend or cancel contractual liability. In March 1681 the king agreed to grant young William, the admiral's heir, proprietary ownership of the lands west of the Delaware River and north of the Maryland border in exchange for canceling the old debt. Faced with two debtors, neither of whom could repay the loan, the creditor decided to cancel both obligations. Mr Clarke said the G8 had shown clear commitment to tackle poverty with an agreement to cancel the debt of some of the world's poorest countries. Jewish law dictated that every seventh year all debts should be cancelled and all slaves freed. We totally agree with President Mwanawasa who has appealed to the donor community to consider cancelling Zambia's external debt as Japan has done. We must do all we can to help these people, including cancelling their debts. He said it was vital for Western nations to help Africa by getting trade restrictions lifted and cancelling debt. If it is settled in his or her favour, the debt will be cancelled. There should be no conditions, no timetables, no waiting before debt is cancelled. Just cancelling the debts of Third World nations is not enough. All the debt should be cancelled now, and a massive aid package sent to the affected countries. Forgiving someone who has wronged us is like canceling a debt. Priority, on a global scale, could involve cancelling Third World debt and tackling Africa's AIDS crisis. The students are believed to have taken advantage of a loophole in legislation, allowing loan debts to be cancelled by bankruptcy. The document also calls on international financial institutions and donor countries to cancel Africa's debt in order to free up resources to fight the disease. The hope is that the decisions of the G8 leaders will help some of the poorest people in our world by cancelling unpayable debts, giving more and better aid, and creating more just trade rules. Insurance underwriters have given notice that they will cancel war liabilities from midnight on Monday. 1.3 Mark, pierce, or tear (a ticket or stamp) to show that it has been used or invalidated. 注销，盖销（车票，邮票） cancelling stamps on registered mail 盖销挂号信上的邮票。 Example sentencesExamples The check is then canceled and returned to the buyer. 2usually cancel something out(of a factor or circumstance) neutralize or negate the force or effect of (another) （因素，情况）抵消，对消 the electric fields may cancel each other out 诸电场可相互抵消。 Example sentencesExamples There will come a point around 2011 when the extra spending power of this group is cancelled out by the extra unemployment problems. Any benefits have been cancelled out by the demand of debt repayment. While Western governments appear to be giving large sums of money in aid to developing countries, the aid is cancelled out by the massive debts these countries owe. Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal powers come into mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out. The only way in which the form of the laws of motion can remain the same for all observers in arbitrary accelerated motion relative to one another is if the gravitational force field exists to cancel them out. However, for every positive thing, there is at least one negative thing to cancel it out. The public enterprise spokesman said there was little point in the EU liberalising the car market to give better value to the consumers if the advantage is cancelled out by a punitive tax regime. An objective assessment of the overall investment environment shows that the positive competitive advantages are cancelled out by continuing bureaucratic, fiscal and structural obstacles. For every great game released this year there has been a real high-profile stinker to cancel it out. The particles would also develop a collective motion: as opposing motions would be cancelled out, the cloud would end up rotating. There were plenty of companies who were using information technology well - but they were canceled out by those who were using it terribly. The bead size and arrangement ensures that every peak in the scattered waves is met by an identical trough that cancels it out, a process known as destructive interference. Brendan Maher opened the scoring for Portarlington but his point was cancelled out by P.J. Harding. Reddish marks can be cancelled out by using a green ‘color corrector.’ Conor Duffy opened the scoring for the home side but this score was cancelled out by a fine strike by Fran Feane. I popped my head on the pillow early last night, feeling tired and jaded, and hoping that the negatives of the day would be cancelled out by a good night's sleep. Whatever effect the beam from one side had, the beam from the other side would cancel it out. In diamagnetic materials, all intrinsic magnetic moments are cancelled out by the pairing of electrons. At low tides, reflections from the sea cause interference in the broadband signal and can even cancel the signal out altogether. Within two minutes the goal was cancelled out in extraordinary circumstances. Synonyms neutralize, counterbalance, counteract, balance (out), countervail negate, nullify, wipe out offset, compensate for, make up for rare negative, counterweigh 2.1Mathematics Delete (an equal factor) from both sides of an equation or from the numerator and denominator of a fraction. 〔数〕（从方程式或分数的分子，分母）约去，消去（相等因子） ‘Divide by 9’ cancels out ‘multiply by 9’ Example sentencesExamples If both the numerator and denominator have common factors, then we can cancel these factors out. All of the numerators will be factors of the numerator of the product and all of the denominators will be factors of the denominator of the product, so you can cancel out any factor of anything in a numerator with any factor of anything in a denominator. By adding simultaneous equations we may cancel out one of the unknowns. For problems like these, you want to add the two equations together in such a way as to cancel out either the x or y terms. Just as numbers cancel out when the same number is on the top and bottom of a fraction (2/2 = 2 ÷ 2 = 1), so do units cancel out if you have the same unit in the numerator and denominator. nounPlural cancels ˈkans(ə)lˈkænsəl 1A mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used. 注销，盖销（车票，邮票） a stamp franked and with an adhesive cancel 2Printing A new page or section inserted in a book to replace the original text, typically to correct an error. 〔印刷〕经修正的版面 as modifier a cancel title page 一张经过修正的扉页。 Example sentencesExamples He had followed exactly the same practice with the revised text of Winter and created the same effect by reissuing copies of Summer with a cancel title. Derivatives canceller nounˈkans(ə)lə A device used to cancel something, especially one that makes a cancellation on a postage stamp. In software echo cancellers, the considerable CPU load that can be freed by echo detection is always immediately available to other processes, which in turn can increase the quality and capacity of the system significantly. In California MSN didn't require cancellers to give the money back, so even though the law seems to say it could, it can't. Maybe he will go down in history in a positive light for being the CSME canceller that turned out to be a huge fiasco for everyone except the Bahamas? Example sentencesExamples Because they were distributed only to major cities, we would not expect to find strikes of the commercial rubber cancelers on Executive, State, Justice, or Navy stamps. The top configuration tests how the canceler responds to signals that arrive through different delay paths. Eventually, all network echo cancelers were updated or replaced with ones that could be disabled. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'obliterate or delete writing by drawing or stamping lines across it'): from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellare, from cancelli 'crossbars'. The early sense was ‘obliterate or delete writing by drawing or stamping lines across it’, which, in legal contexts, rendered documents void. It is from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellare, from cancelli ‘crossbars, grating’ describing the shape of the lines. Rhymes hansel, Hänsel, Mansell Definition of cancel in US English: cancel verbˈkansəlˈkænsəl [with object] 1Decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place. 取消；中止 he was forced to cancel his visit 他被迫取消访问。 Example sentencesExamples Great Yorkshire Show organisers have denied any plans to cancel this year's event because of the foot and mouth crisis. We thought long and hard about cancelling the event, but the day is all about families having fun. Also, while all indoor concerts and performance events are cancelled, outdoor activities are still held. It is understood the decision to cancel a key meeting planned for Monday was taken after detailed examination of the club's accounts. It was then decided in 2001 to cancel these annual events completely. Will I get a refund, including additional fees, if the event is cancelled, changed or I cannot go? Two hours before the party, they showed up and cancelled the event. We nearly cancelled the whole dinner party plan for tonight. But a lack of volunteers, rising insurance costs and increasing red tape has meant the organisers have cancelled the event. Some said the administration should intervene and cancel the event. All political parties have decided to cancel all debate on the euro, but to proceed with the referendum. Early morning fog forced the organisers to delay the start, near Ripon, for half an hour, and when there was no improvement the event was cancelled. Monday's meeting was abandoned following an early morning track inspection and it was decided at 4 pm on Monday to cancel Tuesday's event. The organisers reserve the right to change or cancel listed events if weather is too bad. One song event was abruptly cancelled after the audio system apparently malfunctioned. Sam laughed, ‘Well, I guess we have to cancel our little dinner plans for tonight, I'm sorry.’ As of now, ABC has no plans to cancel the premiere of the show, which is set for September 21st. I just called to tell you my parents decided to cancel the party. There is no plan to cancel December's grand finale, the organisation said. Earlier this week the event was cancelled after a dispute with police about on-street drinking. Synonyms call off, abandon, scrap, drop 1.1 Annul or revoke (a formal arrangement which is in effect) 宣布作废；使无效 his visa had been canceled 他的签证被注销了。 Example sentencesExamples My final letter to the bank cancelled 14 subscriptions and effected an annual saving of nearly £75. You should not suddenly stop making payments or cancel the policy without doing research and taking the appropriate financial advice. The company does not accept the conclusion and exact arrangements for cancelling the contract are still being finalised. As a codicil it does not annul the testament or cancel the promises. The Department wishes to contact them in order to assess the possible effects on them of a decision to cancel your visa. Near the end of the war, the Federal Aviation Administration's reclassification of South Vietnam as a dangerous combat area had the effect of canceling the insurance of any civil aircraft operating there. If you obtain service work elsewhere, you may void or cancel the warranty all together. Unfortunately we have been informed by your bank that they have cancelled your Direct Debit instruction. Jefri would cancel the tender process if he found that companies were being manipulated by legislative council members. The bank had agreed to keep the accounts separate, and if it wished to cancel this arrangement in view of the changed circumstances, it had to give notice to the customer. The union had authorised industrial action without a ballot and the plaintiff obtained an order that the union should withdraw and cancel any instruction, direction or decision to take strike action. How can we justify in effect canceling the Fifth Amendment, nullifying due process, and allowing for indefinite incarceration without a trial? You can cancel the arrangement at any time should your circumstances change. Synonyms annul, invalidate, nullify, declare null and void, render null and void, void 1.2 Abolish or make void (a financial obligation) 注销，免去（金融债务） I intend to cancel your debt to me 我打算免去你欠我的债务。 Example sentencesExamples There should be no conditions, no timetables, no waiting before debt is cancelled. He said it was vital for Western nations to help Africa by getting trade restrictions lifted and cancelling debt. All the debt should be cancelled now, and a massive aid package sent to the affected countries. Bad debt statistics also cover former tenants who have been declared bankrupt and are therefore unable to cancel their debts. Priority, on a global scale, could involve cancelling Third World debt and tackling Africa's AIDS crisis. Ten years before this in 63 BC, another noble, Catiline, had declared support for redistributing land and cancelling debts. Faced with two debtors, neither of whom could repay the loan, the creditor decided to cancel both obligations. The hope is that the decisions of the G8 leaders will help some of the poorest people in our world by cancelling unpayable debts, giving more and better aid, and creating more just trade rules. We must do all we can to help these people, including cancelling their debts. Jewish law dictated that every seventh year all debts should be cancelled and all slaves freed. Insurance underwriters have given notice that they will cancel war liabilities from midnight on Monday. Mr Clarke said the G8 had shown clear commitment to tackle poverty with an agreement to cancel the debt of some of the world's poorest countries. Finally, the above classifications relate to promissory conditions but there may also be contingent conditions which either suspend or cancel contractual liability. In March 1681 the king agreed to grant young William, the admiral's heir, proprietary ownership of the lands west of the Delaware River and north of the Maryland border in exchange for canceling the old debt. Forgiving someone who has wronged us is like canceling a debt. The students are believed to have taken advantage of a loophole in legislation, allowing loan debts to be cancelled by bankruptcy. The document also calls on international financial institutions and donor countries to cancel Africa's debt in order to free up resources to fight the disease. If it is settled in his or her favour, the debt will be cancelled. Just cancelling the debts of Third World nations is not enough. We totally agree with President Mwanawasa who has appealed to the donor community to consider cancelling Zambia's external debt as Japan has done. 1.3 Mark, pierce, or tear (a ticket, check, or postage stamp) to show that it has been used or invalidated. 注销，盖销（车票，邮票） as adjective canceled checks Example sentencesExamples The check is then canceled and returned to the buyer. 2(of a factor or circumstance) neutralize or negate the force or effect of (another) （因素，情况）抵消，对消 the electric fields may cancel each other out 诸电场可相互抵消。 Example sentencesExamples For every great game released this year there has been a real high-profile stinker to cancel it out. Within two minutes the goal was cancelled out in extraordinary circumstances. The particles would also develop a collective motion: as opposing motions would be cancelled out, the cloud would end up rotating. Whatever effect the beam from one side had, the beam from the other side would cancel it out. The bead size and arrangement ensures that every peak in the scattered waves is met by an identical trough that cancels it out, a process known as destructive interference. While Western governments appear to be giving large sums of money in aid to developing countries, the aid is cancelled out by the massive debts these countries owe. At low tides, reflections from the sea cause interference in the broadband signal and can even cancel the signal out altogether. An objective assessment of the overall investment environment shows that the positive competitive advantages are cancelled out by continuing bureaucratic, fiscal and structural obstacles. Brendan Maher opened the scoring for Portarlington but his point was cancelled out by P.J. Harding. Any benefits have been cancelled out by the demand of debt repayment. The only way in which the form of the laws of motion can remain the same for all observers in arbitrary accelerated motion relative to one another is if the gravitational force field exists to cancel them out. I popped my head on the pillow early last night, feeling tired and jaded, and hoping that the negatives of the day would be cancelled out by a good night's sleep. Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal powers come into mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out. Reddish marks can be cancelled out by using a green ‘color corrector.’ Conor Duffy opened the scoring for the home side but this score was cancelled out by a fine strike by Fran Feane. There will come a point around 2011 when the extra spending power of this group is cancelled out by the extra unemployment problems. There were plenty of companies who were using information technology well - but they were canceled out by those who were using it terribly. However, for every positive thing, there is at least one negative thing to cancel it out. In diamagnetic materials, all intrinsic magnetic moments are cancelled out by the pairing of electrons. The public enterprise spokesman said there was little point in the EU liberalising the car market to give better value to the consumers if the advantage is cancelled out by a punitive tax regime. Synonyms neutralize, counterbalance, counteract, balance, balance out, countervail 2.1Mathematics Delete (an equal factor) from both sides of an equation or from the numerator and denominator of a fraction. 〔数〕（从方程式或分数的分子，分母）约去，消去（相等因子） Example sentencesExamples All of the numerators will be factors of the numerator of the product and all of the denominators will be factors of the denominator of the product, so you can cancel out any factor of anything in a numerator with any factor of anything in a denominator. Just as numbers cancel out when the same number is on the top and bottom of a fraction (2/2 = 2 ÷ 2 = 1), so do units cancel out if you have the same unit in the numerator and denominator. For problems like these, you want to add the two equations together in such a way as to cancel out either the x or y terms. If both the numerator and denominator have common factors, then we can cancel these factors out. By adding simultaneous equations we may cancel out one of the unknowns. nounˈkansəlˈkænsəl 1A mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used. 注销，盖销（车票，邮票） 2Printing A new page or section inserted in a book to replace the original text, typically to correct an error. 〔印刷〕经修正的版面 as modifier a cancel title page 一张经过修正的扉页。 Example sentencesExamples He had followed exactly the same practice with the revised text of Winter and created the same effect by reissuing copies of Summer with a cancel title. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘obliterate or delete writing by drawing or stamping lines across it’): from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellare, from cancelli ‘crossbars’.
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