cancel

/ˈkæn.səl/

verbnouncan · cel

If you CAN, you can CEL-ebrate—if not, you CANCEL the plan.

Yes, it's cancel. Remember the ending is -cel (not -cle): can + cel.

Definitions

  1. verbto decide that something planned will not happen; to call it off
  2. verbto stop something from continuing or being valid
  3. verbto make something have no effect by balancing it with an equal opposite effect
  4. nounthe act of stopping or calling off something (as in a cancellation)

Examples

  • “We had to cancel the picnic because of the storm.”
  • “Please cancel my subscription before the next billing date.”
  • “The two errors cancel each other out, so the final result stays the same.”

Synonyms

call offabortrevokeannulterminate

Antonyms

continueconfirmapprove

Translations

ES cancelarPT cancelarFR annuler

Common misspellings

canselcanclecancellcanscelcanslecancelledcancal

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