verb
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To cross out something with lines etc.
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To invalidate or annul something.
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He cancelled his order on their website.
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To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
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This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.
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To offset or equalize something.
example
The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.
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To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
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To stop production of a programme.
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To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
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To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
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To kill.
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To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.