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cancels 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈkansəl/,
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canceling, present participle; cancelling, present participle; cancelled, past tense; cancelled, past participle; cancels, 3rd person singular present; canceled, past participle; canceled, past tense;
  1. Decide or announce that (an arranged or planned event) will not take place
    • - he was forced to cancel his visit
  2. Annul or revoke (a formal arrangement which is in effect)
    • - his visa had been canceled
  3. Abolish or make void (a financial obligation)
    • - I intend to cancel your debt to me
  4. Mark, pierce, or tear (a ticket, check, or postage stamp) to show that it has been used or invalidated
    • - canceled checks
  5. (of a factor or circumstance) Neutralize or negate the force or effect of (another)
    • - the electric fields may cancel each other out
  6. Delete (an equal factor) from both sides of an equation or from the numerator and denominator of a fraction

Noun
  1. A mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used

  2. A new page or section inserted in a book to replace the original text, typically to correct an error
    • - a cancel title page
  1. cancel, sb., is a bibliographic term for a replaced leaf in a printed book. The technique for this is usually to tear out the rejected leaf, and paste a new one to the stub left on the cognate leaf. Alternatively, a false stub (known as a 'fold') may be added. ...
  2. Leaves containing errors which are to be cut out and replaced by corrected pages (see Asterisk).
  3. today are the bars or lines to the right of the CDS that "cancel" the stamp, i.e. deface it so it cannot be reused. ...