cancelled
verb
- 1
To cross out something with lines etc.
- 2
To invalidate or annul something.
“He cancelled his order on their website.”
- 3
To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
“This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.”
- 4
To offset or equalize something.
“The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.”
- 5
To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
- 6
To stop production of a programme.
- 7
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
- 8
To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
- 9
To kill.
- 10
To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.
Synonyms
adjective
- 1
No longer planned or scheduled.
“The cancelled show would have drawn 5,000 fans.”
- 2
(of a mail item) Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.
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