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autocancel

autocancel verb: to cancel (a previously posted message on Usenet) automatically.

Verb

autocancel (third-person singular simple present autocancels, present participle (US) autocanceling or (UK) autocancelling, simple past and past participle (US) autocanceled or (UK) autocancelled)

  1. (transitive) To cancel (a previously posted message on Usenet) automatically.

Noun

autocancel (plural autocancels)

  1. A Usenet control message, generated automatically, that cancels a previously posted message.

Forms of autocancel

Verb
third-person singular presentautocancels
present participle USautocanceling
present participle UKautocancelling
past participle USautocanceled
past USautocanceled
past participle UKautocancelled
past UKautocancelled
Noun
pluralautocancels

Origin of autocancel

From auto- + cancel.

Questions about autocancel

What does autocancel mean?
Autocancel means to cancel (a previously posted message on Usenet) automatically.
What part of speech is autocancel?
Autocancel can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of autocancel?
The past tense of autocancel is autocanceled.

Words near autocancel in the dictionary

  1. autocamped
  2. autocamper
  3. autocampers
  4. autocamping
  5. autocamps
  6. autocancel
  7. autocanceled
  8. autocanceling
  9. autocancelled
  10. autocancelling
  11. autocancels

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