Meaning & use

cancel

verb·Everyday

To decide that a planned event, order, or arrangement will not happen after all.

See it in a sentence

We had to cancel the picnic because of the sudden thunderstorm on Saturday.

She canceled her gym membership after moving to a new city.

A note on using this word

The correct spelling is 'cancel,' with the letters in the order c-a-n-c-e-l, not 'cancle.'

Words with a similar meaning

call offabort

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Words with an opposite meaning

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