Tra từ cancel - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

can·cel [cancel cancels cancelled canceled cancelling canceling] BrE [ˈkænsl] NAmE [ˈkænsl] verb (-ll-, US -l-)
1. transitive ~ sth to decide that sth that has been arranged will not now take place
• All flights have been cancelled because of bad weather.
• The wedding was cancelled at the last minute.
•Don't forget to cancel the newspaper (= arrange for it not to be delivered) before going away.
compare ↑postpone
2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to say that you no longer want to continue with an agreement, especially one that has been legally arranged
•to cancel a policy/subscription
• Is it too late to cancel my order?
• The US has agreed to cancel debts (= say that they no longer need to be paid) totalling $10 million.
•No charge will be made if you cancel within 10 days.
3. transitive ~ sth to mark a ticket or stamp so that it cannot be used again
Derived: ↑cancel out ▪ ↑cancel something out
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘obliterate or delete writing by drawing or stamping lines across it’): from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellare, from cancelli ‘crossbars’.

Thesaurus:
cancel verb
1. T
•All flights have been cancelled because of bad weather.
call sth off • • abolish • • shelve • |especially journalism scrap • |BrE, journalism axe • |AmE, journalism ax •
cancel/call off a(n) game/match/engagement
cancel/abolish/scrap/axe a service
cancel/shelve/scrap/axe plans
2. T, I
•Is it too late to cancel my order?
lift • • repeal • • invalidate • • annul • |formal revoke •
cancel/revoke an agreement
cancel/invalidate a contract
lift/revoke/repeal a ban
invalidate/annul a marriage

Example Bank:
•Don't forget to cancel the newspaper before going away.
•The 10.19 train has been cancelled.
•The US has agreed to cancel debts totalling $10 million.
•The president fell ill and was forced to cancel all public engagements.
•When the war broke out all leave was cancelled.
•to cancel a policy/subscription