What is the meaning of cancelled?

Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.
- usage: "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting-the chair is ill"
- synonyms: cancel, call off, scratch, scrub
Make up for.
- usage: "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
- synonyms: cancel, offset, set off
Declare null and void; make ineffective.
- usage: "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
- synonyms: cancel, strike down
Remove or make invisible.
- usage: "Please delete my name from your list"
- synonyms: delete, cancel
Make invalid for use.
- usage: "cancel cheques or tickets"
- synonyms: cancel, invalidate

Of events. ( no longer planned or scheduled)
- usage: "the wedding is definitely off"
- synonyms: off

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APA	WordNet. (2010). cancelled. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/cancelled/definitions/1170164
Chicago	WordNet. 2010. "cancelled" http://smartdefine.org/cancelled/definitions/1170164 (accessed September 21, 2026).
Harvard	WordNet 2010, cancelled, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/cancelled/definitions/1170164>.
MLA	WordNet. "cancelled" 23 October 2010. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/cancelled/definitions/1170164>

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