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cancel verb (cancelled, cancelling) 1 to stop (something already arranged) from taking place, by an official announcement, etc; to call off. 2 to stop (something in progress) from continuing. 3 intrans to withdraw from an engagement, etc. 4 to tell a supplier that one no longer wants something. 5 to put an end to (an existing arrangement, rule, law, etc). 6 to delete or cross out something. 7 to put an official stamp on (eg a cheque or postage stamp) so that it cannot be re-used. 8 math to eliminate (common numbers or terms), especially to strike out (equal quantities) from opposite sides of an equation, or (common factors) from the numerator and denominator of a fraction. 9 (usually cancel something out) to remove the effect of it, by having an exactly opposite effect; to counterbalance. 10 computing to stop (a process) before or shortly after it has started. noun, printing 1 the suppression of a printed leaf or sheet. 2 a the leaf or sheet so cancelled; b more usually, the new one substituted.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French canceller, from Latin cancellare to cross out.