{
    "term": "cancel",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "cancel",
            "heSheIt": "cancels"
        },
        "pastSimple": "cancelled",
        "pastParticiple": "cancelled",
        "ingForm": "cancelling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to decide that something that has been arranged will not now take place",
            "sensetop": "cancel something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All **flights have been cancelled** because of bad weather."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prime minister has abruptly **cancelled a trip** to Washington."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to cancel a meeting/a show/an event"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Foreign Office is not advising people to cancel their travel plans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wedding was cancelled at the last minute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president fell ill and was forced to cancel all public engagements."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the war broke out all leave was cancelled."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She abruptly cancelled a scheduled meeting."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to say that you no longer want to continue with an agreement, especially one that has been legally arranged",
            "sensetop": "cancel something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "No charge will be made if you cancel within 10 days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to cancel a contract/policy/subscription",
                    "contextForm": "cancel something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is it too late to cancel my order?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The US has agreed to cancel debts *(= say that they no longer need to be paid)* totalling $10 million."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to mark a ticket or stamp so that it cannot be used again",
            "sensetop": "cancel something",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to exclude somebody from social or professional life by refusing to communicate with them online or in real life, because they have said or done something that you do not agree with",
            "sensetop": "cancel somebody",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some campaigned to cancel the writer after she expressed her views on transgender rights."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænsl/",
                "audio": "ca/cancel/cancel__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænslz/",
                "audio": "ca/cancel/cancels__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænsld/",
                "audio": "ca/cancel/cancelled__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænslɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ca/cancel/canceling__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænsl/",
                "audio": "ca/cancel/cancel__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænslz/",
                "audio": "ca/cancel/cancels__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænsld/",
                "audio": "ca/cancel/cancelled__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænslɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ca/cancel/canceling__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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’."
}