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cancellable

cancellable adjective: which can be cancelled.

Adjective

cancellable (comparative more cancellable, superlative most cancellable)

  1. Which can be cancelled.
    • This commitment is not cancellable.
    • Originally a cab signal only, it had been modified to give a gradual brake application, cancellable by the driver.1957 July, T. S. Lascelles, “British Signalling Developments since 1897”, in Railway Magazine, page 466

Forms of cancellable

comparativemore cancellable
superlativemost cancellable

Origin of cancellable

From cancel + -able.

Words formed from cancellable

Questions about cancellable

What does cancellable mean?
Cancellable means which can be cancelled.
What part of speech is cancellable?
Cancellable is an adjective.

Words near cancellable in the dictionary

  1. canceling out
  2. canceling someone's Christmas
  3. cancell
  4. cancell'd
  5. cancellability
  6. cancellable
  7. cancellarean
  8. cancellarial
  9. cancellarian
  10. cancellariate
  11. cancellariid

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