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Merajul Islam: Created page with "{{also|Cancel}} ==English== ===Alternative forms=== * {{l|en|cancell}} {{qualifier|obsolete}} ===Etymology=== From {{inh|en|enm|cancellen}}, from {{der|en|xno|canceler||to cross out with lines}} (modern {{cog|fr|chanceler||unsteady move}}), from {{der|en|la|cancellō||to make resemble a lattice}}, from {{m|la|cancellus||a railing or lattice}}, diminutive of {{m|la|cancer||a lattice}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|en|/ˈkænsl̩/}} * {{audio|en|En-au-cancel.ogg|Audio (A..."
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<p>Created page with "{{also|Cancel}} ==English== ===Alternative forms=== * {{l|en|cancell}} {{qualifier|obsolete}} ===Etymology=== From {{inh|en|enm|cancellen}}, from {{der|en|xno|canceler||to cross out with lines}} (modern {{cog|fr|chanceler||unsteady move}}), from {{der|en|la|cancellō||to make resemble a lattice}}, from {{m|la|cancellus||a railing or lattice}}, diminutive of {{m|la|cancer||a lattice}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|en|/ˈkænsl̩/}} * {{audio|en|En-au-cancel.ogg|Audio (A..."</p>
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==English==<br />
<br />
===Alternative forms===<br />
* {{l|en|cancell}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}<br />
<br />
===Etymology===<br />
From {{inh|en|enm|cancellen}}, from {{der|en|xno|canceler||to cross out with lines}} (modern {{cog|fr|chanceler||unsteady move}}), from {{der|en|la|cancellō||to make resemble a lattice}}, from {{m|la|cancellus||a railing or lattice}}, diminutive of {{m|la|cancer||a lattice}}.<br />
<br />
===Pronunciation===<br />
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkænsl̩/}}<br />
* {{audio|en|En-au-cancel.ogg|Audio (AU)}}<br />
* {{hyph|en|can|cel}}<br />
<br />
===Verb===<br />
{{en-verb|++|pres_ptc2=canceling|pres_ptc2_qual=US|past2=canceled|past2_qual=US}}<br />
<br />
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cross out]] something with [[line]]s etc.<br />
#* {{RQ:Blackstone Commentaries}}<br />
#*: A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be '''cancelled'''; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it.<br />
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[invalidate]] or [[annul]] something.<br />
#: ''He '''cancelled''' his order on their website.''<br />
#* '''1914''', {{w|Marjorie Benton Cooke}}, ''Bambi''<br />
#*: "I don't know what your agreement was, Herr Professor, but if it had money in it, '''cancel''' it. I want him to learn that lesson, too."<br />
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[mark]] something (such as a used [[postage stamp]]) so that it can't be [[reused]].<br />
#: ''This machine '''cancels''' the letters that have a valid zip code.''<br />
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[offset]] or [[equalize]] something.<br />
#: ''The corrective feedback mechanism '''cancels''' out the noise.''<br />
# {{lb|en|transitive|mathematics}} To [[remove]] a [[common]] [[factor]] from both the [[numerator]] and [[denominator]] of a [[fraction]], or from [[both]] [[side]]s of an [[equation]].<br />
# {{lb|en|transitive|media}} To stop production of a programme.<br />
# {{lb|en|printing|dated}} To suppress or [[omit]]; to strike out, as matter in type.<br />
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.<br />
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=6|passage='''cancelled''' from heaven}}<br />
# {{lb|en|slang}} To kill.<br />
#: {{rfquote-sense|en}}<br />
# {{lb|en|transitive|neologism}} To cease to provide [[financial]] or [[moral]] [[support]] to (someone deemed [[unacceptable]]). Compare {{m|en|cancel culture}}.<br />
#* '''2018''', Jonah Engel Bromwich, in ''{{w|The New York Times}}'' [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/style/is-it-canceled.html]<br />
#*: {{quote|en|Bill Gates is '''canceled'''. Gwen Stefani and Erykah Badu are '''canceled'''. Despite his relatively strong play in the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo has been '''canceled'''. Taylor Swift is '''canceled''' and Common is '''canceled''' and, Wednesday, Antoni Porowski, a “Queer Eye” fan favorite was also '''canceled'''. Needless to say, Kanye West is '''canceled''', too.}}<br />
#* '''2019''', Christopher Hooton, in ''{{w|Vice Media|VICE}}'' [https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/kzm7dv/joan-cornella-artist-interview-instagram-cancelled]<br />
#*: {{quote|en|We Spoke to Joan Cornellá, the Artist Who Really Should Have Been '''Cancelled''' By Now}}<br />
#* {{quote-web|en|February 5, 2020|Russell Haythorn|An explanation of ‘cancel culture’ and why it's become such a popular phenomenon|The Denver Channel|https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/360/an-explanation-of-cancel-culture-and-why-its-become-such-a-popular-phenomenon |You may have never heard the term "cancel culture," but you certainly know some of the faces who have been '''canceled'''. Everyone from Cosby to Matt Lauer.}}<br />
#* '''2020''' July 3, {{w|Kristi Noem}} speech at Mount Rushmore transcribed by {{w|C-SPAN}}[https://www.c-span.org/video/?473617-1/president-trumps-remarks-mt-rushmore-salute-america-event&live=&beta=&action=getTranscript&transcriptType=cc&service-url=/common/services/programSpeakers.php&appearance-filter=&personSkip=0&ccSkip=0&transcriptSpeaker=]:<br />
#*: To attempt to '''cancel''' the founding generation is an attempt to '''cancel''' our own freedoms.<br />
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====Synonyms====<br />
* {{sense|invalidate or annul}} {{l|en|belay}}<br />
* {{sense|kill}} {{l|en|take care of}}; see also [[Thesaurus:kill]]<br />
* {{sense|cease supporting someone deemed unacceptable}} {{l|en|blacklist}}; see also [[Thesaurus:boycott]]<br />
<br />
====Derived terms====<br />
* [[autocancel]]<br />
* [[cancelable]]<br />
* [[canceler]]<br />
* [[cancel someone's Christmas]]<br />
* [[cancel out]]<br />
* [[precancel]]<br />
* [[recancel]]<br />
* [[uncancel]]<br />
<br />
====Descendants====<br />
* {{desc|afb|bor=1|كنسل|tr=kansal}}<br />
* {{desc|cy|bor=1|canslo}}<br />
<br />
====Translations====<br />
{{trans-top|cross out}}<br />
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|задрасквам}}, {{t+|bg|зачерквам}}<br />
* Chinese:<br />
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|划|sc=Hani}}，{{t+|cmn|勾|sc=Hani}}<br />
* Czech: {{t+|cs|škrtnout}}, {{t|cs|škrtat}}<br />
* Danish: {{t|da|strege ud}}, {{t+|da|stryge}}<br />
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|doorhalen}}<br />
* Estonian: {{t|et|kustutama}}<br />
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yliviivata}}<br />
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გადახაზვა|sc=Geor}}, {{t|ka|წაშლა|sc=Geor}}<br />
* German: {{t|de|ausstreichen}}, {{t+|de|durchstreichen}}, {{t|de|kanzellieren}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}<br />
* Greek: {{t+|el|διαγράφω|sc=Grek}}<br />
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kihúz}}<br />
* Irish: {{t|ga|síog}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
* Italian: {{t+|it|depennare}}, {{t+|it|cancellare}}, {{t+|it|eliminare}}<br />
* Norwegian:<br />
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|stryke}}<br />
* Polish: {{t+|pl|skreślić}}<br />
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|riscar}}<br />
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|anula}}<br />
* Russian: {{t+|ru|зачёркивать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|зачеркну́ть}}<br />
* Slovak: {{t|sk|škrtnúť}}, {{t|sk|škrtať}}<br />
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stryka}} (över)<br />
* Thai: {{t+|th|ขีดฆ่า}}<br />
* Welsh: {{t|cy|croesi allan}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
<br />
{{trans-top|invalidate, annul}}<br />
* Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|abbschdelle}}<br />
* Arabic: {{t|ar|أَلْغَى}}<br />
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|չեղարկել|sc=Armn}}<br />
* Belarusian: {{t|be|касава́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|скасо́ўваць|impf}}, {{t|be|скасава́ць|pf}}, {{t|be|адмяня́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|адмяні́ць|pf}}<br />
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|отменям}}, {{t+|bg|анулирам}}<br />
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|cancel·lar}}<br />
* Chinese:<br />
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|取消|tr=ceoi2 siu1}}<br />
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|取消|tr=qǔxiāo|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|廢除|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|废除|tr=fèichú|sc=Hani}}<br />
* Cornish: {{t|kw|hedhi}}<br />
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zrušit}}, {{t+|cs|stornovat}}<br />
* Danish: {{t+|da|annullere}}, {{t|da|afbestille}}, {{t|da|aflyse}}<br />
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|annuleren}}<br />
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|nuligi}}<br />
* Estonian: {{t|et|tühistama}}<br />
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mitätöidä}}, {{t+|fi|kumota}}, {{t+|fi|peruuttaa}}<br />
* French: {{t+|fr|annuler}}, {{t+|fr|résilier}} (''a telephone contract, a subscription''), {{t+|fr|se désabonner}} (''a subscription''), {{t+|fr|mettre fin}}, {{t+|fr|décommander}}<br />
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გაუქმება|sc=Geor}}, {{t|ka|ანულირება|sc=Geor}}<br />
* German: {{t+|de|annullieren}}, {{t+|de|streichen}}, {{t+|de|stornieren}}, {{t+|de|absagen}}, {{t+|de|canceln}}, {{t+|de|abbestellen}}, {{t|de|kanzellieren}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}<br />
* Greek: {{t+|el|ακυρώνω|sc=Grek}}<br />
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀναιρέω}}<br />
* Hebrew: {{t|he|ביטל|tr=bitél}}<br />
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|visszavon}}, {{t+|hu|töröl}}<br />
* Irish: {{t|ga|cealaigh}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
* Italian: {{t+|it|invalidare}}, {{t+|it|annullare}}, {{t+|it|recidere}}, {{t+|it|cassare}}<br />
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|取り消す|tr=とりけす, torikesu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|取り止める|tr=とりやめる, toriyameru|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|キャンセル|tr=kyanseru-suru|alt=キャンセルする|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|破棄|tr=haki suru|alt=破棄する|sc=Jpan}}<br />
* Korean: {{t+|ko|취소하다}}<br />
* Latin: {{t|la|rescindō}}<br />
* Malay: {{t|ms|batal}}<br />
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|റദ്ദാക്കുക}}, {{t+|ml|ഒഴിവാക്കുക}}<br />
* Norwegian:<br />
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|avbestille}}, {{t+|nb|avbryte}}, {{t|nb|oppheve}}, {{t+|nb|avlyse}}<br />
* Polish: {{t+|pl|odwołać}}, {{t+|pl|anulować}}<br />
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|anular}}, {{t+|pt|invalidar}}, {{t+|pt|cancelar}}<br />
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|anula}}<br />
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отменя́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|отмени́ть|pf}}; {{t+|ru|аннули́ровать|impf|pf}}<br />
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|otkazati|pf}}, {{t+|sh|otkazivati|impf}}<br />
* Slovak: {{t|sk|zrušiť}}, {{t|sk|rušiť}}<br />
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cancelar}}<br />
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|ghairi}}<br />
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|annullera}}, {{t+|sv|avbryta}} (''about an action''), {{t+|sv|upphäva}} (''about a given order, or a rule'')<br />
* Thai: {{t+|th|ยกเลิก}}<br />
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ኣትርፍ}}<br />
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|касува́ти|impf}}, {{t+|uk|скасо́вувати|impf}}, {{t+|uk|скасува́ти|pf}}<br />
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|hủy}}<br />
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|nosükön}}<br />
* Welsh: {{t+|cy| canslo}}<br />
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|annulearje}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
<br />
{{trans-top|mark to prevent reuse}}<br />
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|унищожавам}} {{qualifier|(марка)}}<br />
* Danish: {{t|da|stemple}} (''cancelling stamps'')<br />
* French: {{t+|fr|oblitérer}} (''cancelling stamps'')<br />
* German: {{t+|de|entwerten}}, {{t+|de|abstempeln}}, {{t|de|kanzellieren}} {{qualifier|obsolete or translationese}}<br />
* Greek: {{t+|el|ακυρώνω|sc=Grek}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
* Italian: {{t+|it|obliterare}}, {{t+|it|annullare}}<br />
* Russian: {{t+|ru|погаша́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|погаси́ть|pf}}<br />
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stämpla}} (''cancelling stamps'')<br />
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|canslo}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
<br />
{{trans-top|offset, equalize}}<br />
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vyrušit}}<br />
* Danish: {{t|da|ophæve}}<br />
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kumota}}, {{t+|fi|poistaa}}<br />
* French: {{t+|fr|neutraliser}}, {{t+|fr|compenser}}<br />
* German: {{t+|de|aufheben}}, {{t+|de|auslöschen}}<br />
* Greek: {{t+|el|αντισταθμίζω|sc=Grek}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
* Italian: {{t+|it|neutralizzare}}, {{t+|it|compensare}}, {{t+|it|filtrare}}<br />
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|neutralizar}}<br />
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отсека́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|отсе́чь|pf}}<br />
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|upphäva}}, {{t|sv|släcka ut}}, {{t+|sv|ta ut}}<br />
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|canslo}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
<br />
{{trans-top|remove a common factor}}<br />
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|съкращавам}}<br />
* Czech: {{t+|cs|krátit}}<br />
* Danish: {{t+|da|forkorte}}<br />
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|schrappen}}<br />
* Estonian: {{t|et|taandama}}<br />
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|supistaa}} {{q|fraction}}, {{t|fi|[[jakaa]] [[molemmat]] [[puoli|puolet]]}} {{q|equation, factor in adessive}}<br />
* French: {{t+|fr|éliminer}}, {{t+|fr|annuler}}<br />
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შეკვეცა|sc=Geor}}, {{t|ka|გაბათილება|sc=Geor}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
* German: {{t+|de|kürzen}}<br />
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|egyszerűsít}}<br />
* Polish: {{t+|pl|skrócić}}<br />
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|eliminar}}<br />
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сокраща́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|сократи́ть|pf}}<br />
* Slovak: {{t|sk|krátiť}}<br />
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förkorta}}<br />
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|payiin}}<br />
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|canslo}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
<br />
{{trans-top|stop production}}<br />
* German: {{t+|de|einstellen}}<br />
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|റദ്ദാക്കുക}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
* Slovak: {{t|sk|zrušiť}}, {{t|sk|rušiť}}<br />
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|canslo}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
<br />
{{trans-top|printing, dated: suppress or omit}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
<br />
{{trans-top|slang: kill}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
* German: {{t+|de|auslöschen}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
<br />
{{trans-top|cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)}}<br />
* German: {{t|de|kanzellieren}}<br />
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hanyagol}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cancelar}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
<br />
<br />
{{checktrans-top}}<br />
* Luxembourgish: {{t-check|lb|ännerungen}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|cancelar}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
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===Noun===<br />
{{en-noun}}<br />
<br />
# A [[cancellation]] (''US''); ([[nonstandard]] in some kinds of English).<br />
## {{lb|en|Internet}} A [[control]] [[message]] posted to [[Usenet]] that serves to cancel a previously posted message.<br />
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[enclosure]]; a [[boundary]]; a [[limit]].<br />
#* {{RQ:Taylor Cave Antiquitates Christianae|passage=A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit{{...}}desires no enlargement beyond the '''cancels''' of the body.}}<br />
# {{lb|en|printing}} The [[suppression]] on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.<br />
# {{lb|en|printing}} The page thus suppressed.<br />
# {{lb|en|printing}} The page that replaces it.<br />
<br />
====Derived terms====<br />
* [[autocancel]]<br />
* [[dumb cancel]]<br />
* [[killer cancel]]<br />
* [[mute cancel]]<br />
* [[precancel]]<br />
<br />
====Translations====<br />
{{trans-top|cancellation}}<br />
* Danish: {{t|da|aflysning}}, {{t|da|afbestilling}}, {{t+|da|annullering}}<br />
* French: {{t+|fr|annulation|f}}<br />
* Greek: {{t+|el|ακύρωση|f|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|ματαίωση|f|sc=Grek}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
* Italian: {{t+|it|cancellazione|f}}, {{t+|it|annullamento|m}}, {{t+|it|cassazione|f}}, {{t|it|timbro postale|m}}, {{t|it|obliteratore|m}}<br />
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|anulação|f}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
<br />
{{trans-top|printing: suppression on striking out of matter}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}}<br />
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<!-- definition missing and may not exist, but translations kept just in case ~~~~<br />
{{trans-top|mark cancelling a sharp or flat}}<br />
* Danish: {{t|da|ophævningstegn}}<br />
* French: {{t+|fr|bécarre|m}}<br />
* Greek: {{t+|el|διαγραφή|f|sc=Grek}}<br />
{{trans-mid}}<br />
* Italian: {{t+|it|spuntato}}<br />
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бека́р|m}}<br />
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|återställningstecken|n}}<br />
{{trans-bottom}} --><br />
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===Related terms===<br />
* {{l|en|chancel}}<br />
* {{l|en|cancellation}}<br />
* {{l|en|chancellery}}<br />
* {{l|en|chancellor}}<br />
* {{l|en|chancery}}<br />
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===Further reading===<br />
* {{R:Webster 1913}}<br />
* {{R:Century 1911}}<br />
* {{R:OneLook}}<br />
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==Spanish==<br />
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===Noun===<br />
{{es-noun|m}}<br />
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# [[partition]]; [[wall]]<br />
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===Further reading===<br />
* {{R:DRAE}}<br />
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