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Grammar : Verb
Spell : kan-suhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn səl



Definition of cancelled

Origin :
  • late 14c., "cross out with lines," from Anglo-French canceler, from Latin cancellare "to make resemble a lattice," which in Late Latin took on a sense "cross out something written" by marking it with crossed lines, from cancelli, plural of cancellus "lattice, grating," diminutive of cancer "crossed bars, lattice," a variant of carcer "prison" (see incarceration). Figurative use, "to nullify an obligation" is from mid-15c. Related: Canceled (also cancelled); cancelling.
  • verb call off; erase
  • verb equal out
Example sentences :
  • As if the Crawleighs could not have cancelled their own engagement!
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • I—ah—withdraw the invitation, of course—it is cancelled, Sir, cancelled!
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, March 4, 1893 » by Various
  • Special Delivery stamps are to be cancelled as postage stamps are cancelled.
  • Extract from : « The Stamps of Canada » by Bertram Poole
  • He cancelled the figure 2, and completed the measure with a rest.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
  • The figure '2' was cancelled, and the measure was completed by a rest.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
  • The contract can be cancelled by either party with one week's notice.
  • Extract from : « A Journey Through France in War Time » by Joseph G. Butler, Jr.
  • Our own orders to advance were cancelled, and we stopped on at Maadan.
  • Extract from : « The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 » by F.L. Morrison
  • They could be annulled or cancelled only by the Senate itself.
  • Extract from : « Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology » by Charles K. Dillaway
  • Some verses which were cancelled in the Prophet's life-time are not now extant.
  • Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
  • The words italicised, according to the Tafsr-i-Husain, are now cancelled (manskh).
  • Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell

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