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Plural of cancel

regular plural

The plural of cancel is cancels.

Forms of cancel

Singularcancel /ˈkæn.sl̩/
Pluralcancels
Countablecountable

Cancels in a sentence

  • This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.
  • The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.
  • Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.From the entry supersede
  • Wearily, he cancels the order and orders the ships back into line-ahead formation instead.2019 September 18, Drachinifel, 12:24 from the start, in Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any…. From the entry line abreast
  • Such a 2-handle cancels the 1-handle so the manifold is D⁴.2003, Gordana Matić, Clint McCrory, Topology and geometry of manifolds, →ISBN, page 182. From the entry handle

Meaning of cancel

  1. verb To cross out something with lines etc.
  2. verb To invalidate or annul something.
  3. verb To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it cannot be reused.

Full definition of cancel

Questions about the plural of cancel

What is the plural of cancel?
The plural of cancel is cancels.
Is cancel countable?
Cancel is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cancel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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