cancel与什么意思一样

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cancel与什么意思一样

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verb
verb:cancel; 3rd person present:cancels; past tense:cancelled; past participle:cancelled; gerund or present participle:cancelling; past tense:canceled; past participle:canceled; gerund or present participle:canceling
1.decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place.
"He was forced to cancel his visit"
synonyms:call off,abandon,scrap,drop;postpone,mothball;informalscrub,scratch,axe,nix;informalredlin.
"The match was cancelled due to a frozen pitch"
*annul or revoke (a formal arrangement which is in effect).
"his visa had been cancelled"
synonyms:annul,invalidate,nullify,declare null and void,render null and void,void; More
revoke,rescind,retract,countermand,set aside,take back,withdraw,recall,repeal,overrule,override,abrogate,quash;
extinguish,remit,retire;
vacate,discharge;
raredisannul,negate
"his visa had been cancelled"
*abolish or make void (a financial obligation).
"I intend to cancel your debt to me"
*mark,pierce,or tear (a ticket or stamp) to show that it has been used or invalidated.
"cancelling stamps on registered mail"
2.(of a factor or circumstance) neutralize or negate the force or effect of (another).
"the electric fields may cancel each other out"
synonyms:neutralize,counterbalance,counteract,balance (out),countervail;
negate,nullify,wipe out;offset,compensate for,make up for; rarenegative,counterweig.
"rising unemployment had cancelled out the earlier economic gains"
*Mathematics
delete (an equal factor) from both sides of an equation or from the numerator and denominator of a fraction.
"‘Divide by 9’ cancels out ‘multiply by 9’"
noun
noun:cancel; plural noun:cancels
1.a mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used.
"a stamp franked and with an adhesive cancel"
2.Printing
a new page or section inserted in a book to replace the original text,typically to correct an error."a cancel title page"