English
Pronunciation
IPA|/kæns�l̩/

Etymology
from Latin cancelli a railing or lattice.

Verb
en-verb|cancels|cancelling (Commonwealth), canceling (American)|cancelled (Commonwealth), canceled (American)

1. transitive To cross out something with lines etc.
2. transitive To invalidate or annul something.

#:He cancelled his order on their website.

1. 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.

1. transitive To offset or equalize something.

#:The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.

1. transitive mathematics To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
2. rfd-redundant intransitive To counterbalance or neutralize each other.
3. 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.

Translations
rfc-trans
trans-top|cross out
Danish: t|da|strege ud, t|da|stryge
trans-mid
German: t+|de|streichen
trans-bottom

trans-top|invalidate, annul
Danish: t|da|annullere, t|da|afbestille, t|da|aflyse
French: t|fr|annuler, t|fr|résilier (a telephone contract, a subscription), t|fr|se désabonner (a subscription), t|fr|mettre fin
German: t+|de|annullieren, t+|de|streichen
trans-mid
Hebrew: t|he|����|sc=Hebr (le'vat'el)
Swedish: t|sv|annullera, t|sv|avbryta (about an action)
trans-bottom

trans-top|mark as used
Danish: t|da|stemple (cancelling stamps)
French: t|fr|oblitérer (cancelling stamps)
trans-mid
German: t|de|entwerten, t|de|abstempeln
trans-bottom

trans-top|offset, equalize
Danish: t|da|ophæve
French: t|fr|neutraliser, t|fr|compenser
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|remove a common factor
Danish: t|da|forkorte
French: t+|fr|éliminer, t|fr|annuler
trans-mid
Swedish: t+|sv|förkorta
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
checktrans
ttbc|French: annuler (1)
ttbc|Luxembourgish: ännerungen
ttbc|Spanish: cancelar
ttbc|Swedish: balansera

Noun
en-noun

1. nonstandard A cancellation.
2. rfv-sense|apparently means natural. music A mark cancelling a previous sharp or flat.

Translations
trans-top|cancellation
Danish: aflysning, afbestilling, annullering
French: t+|fr|annulation|f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|mark cancelling a sharp or flat
Danish: ophævningstegn
French: t+|fr|bécarre|m
trans-mid
Swedish: återställningstecken n
trans-bottom

es:cancel
fr:cancel
gl:cancel
io:cancel
id:cancel
it:cancel
ja:cancel
pl:cancel
fi:cancel
sv:cancel
ta:cancel
te:cancel
vi:cancel
zh:cancel

• 2007-12-28 15:38 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/58.69.63.186|58.69.63.186]] ([[User_talk:58.69.63.186|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Tbot|Tbot]]

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