cancel

1. 1.

   a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

   Synonymsnatural

   Broadermusical notation

Other forms of cancel

plural

cancels·

past tense or participle

cancelled

present participle

cancelling

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cancel

What does cancel mean?

cancel means "postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cancel?

cancel has 2 syllables: can-cel. The stress falls on "can". In IPA it is /ˈkænsəl/.

What is another word for cancel?

Close synonyms include call off, scratch, scrub, offset, set off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cancel a common word?

cancel is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.