cancel, v.
(canceled, canceling, cancelled, cancelling, cancels)
freq. cnt. 9
(canceled, canceling, cancelled, cancelling, cancels)
freq. cnt. 9
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 1
call off cancel scratch scrub
sample sentences
"Call off the engagement""cancel the dinner party"
"we had to scrub our vacation plans"
"scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
entailment
make invalid for use
<verb.communication>
cancel invalidate
sample sentences
"cancel cheques or tickets"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
remove or make invisible
<verb.contact>
cancel delete
sample sentences
"Please delete my name from your list"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
declare null and void; make ineffective
<verb.social>
cancel strike down
sample sentences
"Cancel the election results""strike down a law"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
make up for
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
cancel offset set off
sample sentences
"His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"verb frames
Something ----s somethingverb frames
Something ----s somethingverb frames
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
hypernym