cancelled

English

Alternative forms

• canceled (US)

Verb

cancelled (British spelling)

1. simple past and past participle of cancel

   The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.

Adjective

cancelled (not comparable) (British spelling)

1. No longer planned or scheduled.

   The cancelled show would have drawn some 5,000 fans.

2. (of a mail item) Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.

   Most of the cancelled specimens were somewhat less valuable philatelically.

3. (of a person) Socially censured in a way expected to be durable rather than transient. [21st century]

   On the question of rehabilitation for cancelled celebrities, the nature of the offence is relevant: a bad day is different from a life of abusive crime.

Derived terms

• cancelled to order
• noncancelled

 

Translations

No longer planned or scheduled

• Arabic: مُلْغًى (mulḡan)
• Danish: aflyst
• Dutch: geannuleerd (nl)
• Esperanto: nuligita
• Finnish: peruttu
• French: annulé (fr) m
• Galician: cancelado
• German: abgebrochen (de) n, abgesagt (de), abbestellt (de)
• Hebrew: מבוטל m (mevut'al)
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: avlyst

• Portuguese: cancelado (pt)
• Romanian: anulat (ro) m
• Spanish: cancelado (es), anulado (es)
• Swedish: inställd (sv)
• West Frisian: annulearre (fy)

Socially censured

• Portuguese: cancelado (pt)