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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions cancel noun  (nonstandard) A cancellation. (rfv-sense, apparently means natural.) (music) A mark cancelling a previous sharp or flat. verb (cancels, cancelling (Commonwealth), canceling (American), cancelled (Commonwealth), canceled (American)) (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc. (transitive) To invalidate or annul something. He cancelled his order on their website. (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused. This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code. (transitive) To offset or equalize something. The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise. (transitive) (mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation. (rfd-redundant) (intransitive) To counterbalance or neutralize each other. (rfd-redundant) (intransitive) (mathematics) Of a common factor in numerator and denominator of a fraction: To disappear. (rfc, None of the meanings are limited to transitive or intransitive - the verb is always both/either with no distinction in meaning, only distinction is object referent.) Etymology: from Latin cancelli a railing or lattice.      Full Definition of cancel  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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