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Meaning of Cancellation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
kænsəˈleɪʃən

Definitions

  1. Cancel.
  2. The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.
    countable, uncountable
  4. A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
    countable, uncountable
  5. In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
    countable, uncountable
  6. The property of being cancellate.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users.”
“194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellation is rather large […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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