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noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Types & categories
- musical notation hypernym
Related & opposite
- strike down derivation
Sense 2 verb
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
Call off the engagement
Related & opposite
- cancellation derivation
- schedule entails
Sense 3 verb
make up for
His skills offset his opponent's superior strength
Types & categories
- balance hypernym
- countervail hyponym
Related & opposite
- offset derivation
Sense 4 verb
declare null and void; make ineffective
Cancel the election results
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cancellation derivation
- cancel derivation
- cancellation derivation
Sense 5 verb
remove or make invisible
Please delete my name from your list
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
make invalid for use
cancel cheques or tickets
Types & categories
- score hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strike down |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical notation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cancellation |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | schedule |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | offset |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | balance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | countervail |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cancellation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cancel |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cancellation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjudge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | repeal |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | remit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | write off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | void |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | recall |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deletion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | excision |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rub out |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | excise |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | score |