cancel
a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
• Syn:
natural
• Hypernyms:
musical notation
1. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled (Freq. 9)
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
• Syn:
call off, scratch, scrub
• Derivationally related forms:
cancellation
• Entailment:
schedule
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make up for
- His skills offset his opponent's superior strength
• Syn:
offset, set off
• Derivationally related forms:
offset (for: offset)
• Hypernyms:
balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
• Hyponyms:
counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. declare null and void;
make ineffective
- Cancel the election results
- strike down a law
• Syn:
strike down
• Derivationally related forms:
cancellation
• Hypernyms:
declare, adjudge, hold
• Hyponyms:
revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse,
repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate, remit, write off,
invalidate, quash, void, avoid, nullify, recall
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. remove or make invisible
- Please delete my name from your list
• Syn:
delete
• Derivationally related forms:
deletion (for: delete)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off,
strike, scratch, expunge, excise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
5. make invalid for use
- cancel cheques or tickets
• Syn:
invalidate
• Hypernyms:
score, mark
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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