cancellation

CEFRB2

/kænsəˈleɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of stopping an event, order, or agreement.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.

Examples

  • Apparently there's a cancellation charge of 30 percent.

  • Please confirm the cancellation by e-mail.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.

  2. The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

  3. In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.

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In context

  • 194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellati...

  • 194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellation is rather large […]

  • Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users.

Synonyms

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The sudden blank of the concert disappointed many ticket holders who had traveled far.

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Origin

noun

From Latin cancellātiō, from cancellō + -tiō.