cancels

Meaning of cancels

verb, 3rd person present
  1. decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place.
    he was forced to cancel his visit
  2. (of a factor or circumstance) neutralize or negate the force or effect of (another).
    the electric fields may cancel each other out
plural noun
  1. a mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used.
    a stamp franked and with an adhesive cancel
  2. a new page or section inserted in a book to replace the original text, typically to correct an error.
    a cancel title page

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’.

Information about cancels

  • The singular form of cancels is: cancel.
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Hyphenation of cancels

can-cels

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • cancels is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

cancels synonyms

Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:

abandon

Meaning abolish or cancel (a plan, policy, or law):

scrap

Meaning abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study):

drop

Meaning cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled:

postpone

Meaning store (clothes) with mothballs:

mothball

Meaning cancel or abandon (something):

scrub

Meaning cancel or strike out (writing) with a pen or pencil:

scratch

Meaning end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly:

axe

Meaning put an end to; cancel:

nix

Meaning drive with (a car engine) at or above its rated maximum revolutions per minute:

redline

Meaning make (something) ineffective by applying an opposite force or effect:

neutralize

Meaning (of a weight) balance (another weight):

counterbalance

Meaning act against (something) in order to reduce its force or neutralize it:

counteract

Meaning offset the effect of (something) by countering it with something of equal force:

countervail

Meaning make ineffective; nullify:

negate

Meaning make legally null and void; invalidate:

nullify

Meaning counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect:

offset

Meaning refuse to accept; reject:

negative

Meaning neutralize or cancel by exerting an opposite influence:

counterweigh

Words that rhyme with cancels

Cels, cels, limacels, barbicels, lenticels, pedicels, radicels, chancels, lioncels, pencels, pennoncels, penoncels, precancels, rancels, spancels, carcels, ensorcels, marcels, parcels, tarcels, tercels, tiercels, involucels, excels

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