canceled Meaning & Definition
What Does Canceled Mean?
As a verb, canceled means simple past and past participle of cancel. As an adjective, it means US standard spelling of cancelled. As an adjective, it means No longer planned or scheduled.
Canceled Definition (Verb)
- simple past and past participle of cancel
Canceled as an Adjective
- US standard spelling of cancelled.
Verb
- To cross out something with lines etc.
- To invalidate or annul something.
He cancelled his order on their website.
- To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.
- To offset or equalize something.
The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.
- To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
- To stop production of a programme.
- To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
- To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
- To kill.
- To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.
Adjective
- No longer planned or scheduled.
The cancelled show would have drawn 5,000 fans.
- (of a mail item) Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.
Synonyms of Canceled
Canceled synonyms and antonyms →Canceled in a Sentence
He cancelled his order on their website.
This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.
The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.
The cancelled show would have drawn 5,000 fans.
Word Forms & Grammar
canceled
canceled (not comparable)