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cancel out
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | cancel out - wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record"wipe outdo away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" |
Translationscancel (ˈkӕnsəl) – past tense past participle ˈcancelled , (American) ˈcanceled – verb1. to decide or announce that (something already arranged etc) will not be done etc. He cancelled his appointment. 取消 取消2. to mark (stamps) with a postmark. 作廢 盖销3. to stop payment of (a cheque, subscription etc). 停止支付 停止支付ˌcancelˈlation noun 取消 取消cancel out to undo the effect of. We don't want our profits to be cancelled out by extra expenses. 抵銷 抵消cancel out
cancel out1. To negate or offset something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cancel" and "out." My husband and I support different political parties, which means that his vote always cancels out mine.2. To remove or erase something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cancel" and "out." We just ran out of the crab special, so be sure to cancel it out on the menu.3. To remove equal factors from a mathematical equation. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cancel" and "out." Once you cancel out those two numbers, what total are you left with?4. slang To kill someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cancel" and "out." Ray canceled out the informant, just as the boss told him to.5. To cease one's involvement in something. We can't cancel out now—everyone is relying on us!See also: cancel, outcancel something outto balance the effects of something. Sending flowers might cancel the bad feelings out. The last payment canceled out the debt.See also: cancel, outcancel out (of something)to withdraw from something. I hate to cancel out of the event at the last minute, but this is an emergency. It's too late to cancel out.See also: cancel, outcancel someone out of something and cancel someone out 1. to eliminate someone from something (as from a list of names). We had to cancel them out. We canceled out all the people who did not show up. 2. Sl. to eliminate someone; to kill someone. The drug lord threatened to cancel out his former partner for testifying against him.See also: cancel, of, outcancel outNeutralize the effect of, offset, render void. For example, Anne's kindness to her neighbor could not cancel out her irritability. The verb cancel was used in this way by itself from the late 1400s; out was added in the early 1900s. See also: cancel, outcancel outv.1. To delete or erase something: I went back to the list and canceled out my name. Realizing the total was incorrect, I canceled it out and recalculated the price.2. To equalize or make up for something; offset something: Today's decline in the stock's price canceled out yesterday's gain. We made record progress last month, but the delays this month have canceled it out. I never go to the beach because the fun of swimming in the ocean and the difficulty of getting to the beach cancel out.3. To remove a common factor from both sides of a mathematical equation: After I canceled out the common factors, I could easily solve for the variable. When two factors are equal, you can cancel them out.4. To withdraw from something, as an activity or obligation: They had dinner reservations with us, but they had to cancel out when they couldn't find a babysitter.5. Slang To murder someone: The loan shark threatened to cancel me out if I didn't pay him the money. The gangsters vowed to cancel out any rivals.See also: cancel, outcancel someone out of something tv. to eliminate someone; to kill someone. The drug lord threatened to cancel out his former partner for testifying against him. See also: cancel, of, out, someone, somethingEncyclopediaSeecancelFinancialSeeCancelcancel out
Synonyms for cancel outverb wipe out the effect of somethingSynonymsRelated Words- do away with
- eliminate
- get rid of
- extinguish
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