canceling

/ˈkæn.sə.lɪŋ/

verbcan · cel · ing

Think: “CAN + CEL + ING” — you put it in a CAN, seal the CELL, and it’s not happening: canceling.

Yes, it's canceling. In American English, it’s usually spelled with one L: cancel + ing → canceling (British English often uses cancelling).

Definitions

  1. verbpresent participle of cancel; stopping something that was planned or ending it so it will not happen.
  2. verbcrossing out or marking something as no longer valid (such as a ticket, stamp, or reservation).

Examples

  • “Because of the storm, the airline is canceling several flights tonight.”
  • “She apologized for canceling at the last minute and asked to reschedule.”
  • “The clerk is canceling the stamp by marking it with today’s date.”

Synonyms

calling offabandoningscrappingrevokingvoiding

Antonyms

schedulingconfirmingapproving

Translations

ES cancelandoPT cancelandoFR annulant

Common misspellings

cancellingcancleingcancelincancellinggcanselingcancelingcancel-ling

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