Meanings
present singular third person cancels out · US participle present canceling out · UK participle present cancelling out · US participle past canceled out · US past canceled out · UK participle past cancelled out · UK past cancelled out
- transitiveTo neutralize the effect of.
We can cancel the aberration out by adding another filter.
2 more examples
[…] there is every likelihood that the current pattern of increase would eventually cancel out each expensive improvement, as has happened with the ten-car scheme.
1960 March, “Talking of Trains: The problem of the peak”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130The lead was cancelled out when Owen nodded in from close range.
2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC - intransitiveOf two or more things: to neutralize each other's effect.
Love and hate cancel out.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Italian escludersi
- escludersito neutralize the effect of
Polish znosić się wzajemnie, znieść się wzajemnie
- znosić się wzajemnieto neutralize the effect of
- znieść się wzajemnieto neutralize the effect of
Portuguese anular
- anularto neutralize the effect of
Cite this entry
cancel out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancel%20out
“cancel out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancel%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cancel out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancel%20out.
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