SkyfireDict

cancel   (TTS Sound)

The noun cancel has 1 sense

• natural, cancel -- (a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat)

The verb cancel has 5 senses

• cancel, call off, scratch, scrub -- (postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill")


• cancel, offset, set off -- (make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength")


• cancel, strike down -- (declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law")


• delete, cancel -- (remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list")


• cancel, invalidate -- (make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets")