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Cancel Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Cancel Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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| JDK Doc(JAVA) |
cancel()
- Method in class java.awt.print.PrinterJob
public abstract void cancel ()
Cancels a print job that is in progress. If print has been called but has not returned then this method signals that the job should be cancelled at the next chance. If there is no print job in progress then this call does nothing.
- Method in class java.awt.print.PrinterJob
public abstract void cancel ()
Cancels a print job that is in progress. If print has been called but has not returned then this method signals that the job should be cancelled at the next chance. If there is no print job in progress then this call does nothing.
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- Method in interface java.sql.Statement
public void cancel () throws SQLException
Cancels this Statement object if both the DBMS and driver support aborting an SQL statement. This method can be used by one thread to cancel a statement that is being executed by another thread.Throws: SQLException - if a database access error occurs
Cancel Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Cancel
(v. i.)
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
(v. i.)
To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
(v. i.)
To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
(v. i.)
To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.
(v. i.)
To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.
(v. i.)
The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
(v. i.)
The part thus suppressed.
(v. i.)
An inclosure; a boundary; a limit.
(v. i.)
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
(v. i.)
To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
(v. i.)
To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
(v. i.)
To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.
(v. i.)
To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.
(v. i.)
The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
(v. i.)
The part thus suppressed.
(v. i.)
An inclosure; a boundary; a limit.
| WordNet 2.0 |
cancel
Noun
1. a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
(synonym) natural
(hypernym) musical notation
(derivation) strike down
Verb
1. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"
(synonym) call off
(entail) schedule
(derivation) cancellation
2. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
(synonym) offset, set off
(hypernym) balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
(hyponym) counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance
3. declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
(synonym) strike down
(hypernym) declare, adjudge, hold
(hyponym) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
(derivation) cancellation
4. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
(synonym) delete
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(hyponym) erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
5. of cheques or tickets
(synonym) invalidate
(hypernym) score, mark
Noun
1. a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
(synonym) natural
(hypernym) musical notation
(derivation) strike down
Verb
1. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"
(synonym) call off
(entail) schedule
(derivation) cancellation
2. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
(synonym) offset, set off
(hypernym) balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
(hyponym) counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance
3. declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
(synonym) strike down
(hypernym) declare, adjudge, hold
(hyponym) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
(derivation) cancellation
4. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
(synonym) delete
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(hyponym) erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
5. of cheques or tickets
(synonym) invalidate
(hypernym) score, mark
| Australian Slang |
Tan cancel
elected local government authority
elected local government authority
| hEnglish - advanced version |
cancel
cancel
\can"cel\ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. canceled or cancelled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. canceling or cancelling.] [l. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. fr. canceller, of. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. gr. &?; latticed gate. cf. chancel.]
1. to inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [obs.] a little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which our savior was scourged.
2. to shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [obs.] "canceled from heaven."
3. to cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. 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; though the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it.
4. to annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. the indentures were canceled. he was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. w. scott.
5. (print.) to suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
similar words(1)
cancel out
cancel
\can"cel\ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. canceled or cancelled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. canceling or cancelling.] [l. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. fr. canceller, of. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. gr. &?; latticed gate. cf. chancel.]
1. to inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [obs.] a little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which our savior was scourged.
2. to shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [obs.] "canceled from heaven."
3. to cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. 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; though the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it.
4. to annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. the indentures were canceled. he was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. w. scott.
5. (print.) to suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
similar words(1)
cancel out
Cancel Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms |
CANCEL
Defacing a stamp to prevent its reuse.
Defacing a stamp to prevent its reuse.
Cancel Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English - Klingon |
cancel
v. qIl
v. qIl
Cancel Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Cancel
Cancel may refer to:
- Cancellation (mail), in mail, a postal marking applied to a stamp or stationery indicating that the item has been used
- Cancellation (television), the termination of a television series
- Cancel message, in Usenet, a special message used to remove articles posted to news server
- Cancel character, in telecommunication, an indication that the data with which it is associated are in error or are to be disregarded
- Cancellation property, the property that if a * b = a * c then b = c
- Noise cancellation, a method for reducing unwanted sound
- Phase cancellation, the effect of two waves that are out of phase with each other being summed
- Cancellation of removal, a form of immigration relief available to aliens in the United States who be otherwise inadmissible or deportable.
- Loss of significance when doing calculations with floating point numbers.
- "Cancelled" (South Park) an episode of South Park.
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