| VERB | social | cancel, call off, scratch, scrub | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | cancel, offset, set off | make up for | |
| social | cancel, strike down | declare null and void | |
| contact | cancel, delete | remove or make invisible | |
| communication | cancel, invalidate | make invalid for use | |
| NOUN | communication | cancel, natural | a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat |
| Sounds | kae'nsahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | natural | |
| Broader | musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians / musicians |
| Spanish | natural | |
| Catalan | natural | |
| Verbs | cancel | declare null and void |
| Meaning | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "cancel the dinner party" | |
| Synonyms | call off, scratch, scrub | |
| Entails | schedule | make a schedule / schedule |
| Entailed by | postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off | hold back to a later time |
| Spanish | cancelar | |
| Catalan | cancel·lar | |
| Nouns | cancellation | the act of cancelling |
| Meaning | Make up for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | offset, set off | |
| Narrower | counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance | Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions |
| Broader | balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise | Bring into balance or equilibrium |
| Spanish | anular, compensar, contrarrestar | |
| Meaning | declare null and void; make ineffective. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Cancel the election results" | |
| Synonym | strike down | |
| Narrower | invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify | declare invalid / invalid |
| recall | make unavailable | |
| remit | Release from (claims / claims, debts, or taxes) | |
| revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate | Cancel officially | |
| write off | cancel (a debt) | |
| Broader | declare, adjudge, hold | declare to be |
| Spanish | anular, cancelar, derogar | |
| Catalan | cancel·lar | |
| Nouns | cancel | a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat |
| cancellation | the act of cancelling | |
| cancellation | the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void | |
| Meaning | Remove or make invisible. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | delete | |
| Narrower | erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off | Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing |
| strike, scratch, expunge, excise | Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Spanish | anular, borrar, eliminar, suprimir, tachar | |
| Catalan | anul·lar, eliminar, suprimir | |
| Meaning | make invalid for use. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "cancel cheques or tickets" | |
| Synonym | invalidate | |
| Broader | score, mark | make underscoring marks |
| Spanish | cancelar, invalidar | |
| Catalan | cancel·lar, invalidar | |
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