--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 4 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) **camp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A camp is a place where people stay in tents or cabins, often outdoors.[↗](../../camp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A summer camp is a place where children go in the holidays to do activities.[↗](../../camp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To camp is to stay outdoors in a tent.[↗](../../camp/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A camp can be a group of people who share an idea.[↗](../../camp/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 60 children go to summer camp.[↗](../../camp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each tent at camp holds 4.[↗](../../camp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Camp costs 200 dollars a week.[↗](../../camp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They camp for 5 nights.[↗](../../camp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We set up camp by the lake.[↗](../../camp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Climbers rest at base camp.[↗](../../camp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We camped out in the garden.[↗](../../camp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · At camp we learned to canoe.[↗](../../camp/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We sang songs around the campfire.[↗](../../camp/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Never leave a campfire burning.[↗](../../camp/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I say, John, I see the smoke of the redskin camp!”[↗](../../camp/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses withdrew into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.[↗](../../camp/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camp/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the flesh and the skin were burnt with fire without the camp.[↗](../../camp/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camp/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.[↗](../../camp/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camp/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And the people went out, and spoiled the camp of the Arameans.[↗](../../camp/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.7.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camp/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.[↗](../../camp/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.10.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camp/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · And He let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their dwellings.[↗](../../camp/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camp/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **campaign** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A campaign is a planned series of actions to get something done, such as winning an election or changing a rule.[↗](../../campaign/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To campaign is to work hard to get people to support something or to make a change.[↗](../../campaign/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A military campaign is a series of battles in one war or area.[↗](../../campaign/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An advertising campaign is a set of adverts to sell something.[↗](../../campaign/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class started a campaign to stop litter.[↗](../../campaign/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She campaigned to become class president.[↗](../../campaign/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The election campaign lasted six weeks.[↗](../../campaign/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People campaigned for cleaner rivers.[↗](../../campaign/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The general planned a winter campaign.[↗](../../campaign/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new advertising campaign is on every bus.[↗](../../campaign/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They campaigned against closing the library.[↗](../../campaign/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · About this time the King of a very powerful kingdom was carrying on a war; the youth therefore took service under him and went on the campaign.[↗](../../campaign/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **campaigner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who works hard to change something in society or politics, for example to protect the environment or to change a law.[↗](../../campaigner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who takes part in a political campaign or an election campaign.[↗](../../campaigner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) A soldier who has fought in many campaigns: «an old campaigner» (also someone with lots of experience).[↗](../../campaigner/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Campaigners want a new zebra crossing outside school.[↗](../../campaigner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The young campaigner spoke at the United Nations.[↗](../../campaigner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Environmental campaigners planted a thousand trees.[↗](../../campaigner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Campaigners handed in a petition to the council.[↗](../../campaigner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad is an old campaigner at chess tournaments.[↗](../../campaigner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **camper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A camper is a person who stays at a camp, often in a tent, or goes camping.[↗](../../camper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A camper is also a van with beds and a small kitchen, used for holidays (a camper van, an RV).[↗](../../camper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There were 35 campers rowing in the morning.[↗](../../camper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 27 campers went rowing in the afternoon.[↗](../../camper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many campers went rowing in all?[↗](../../camper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many more campers went hiking than rowing?[↗](../../camper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each tent sleeps 4 campers.[↗](../../camper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The campers sang songs around the fire.[↗](../../camper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We drove around New Zealand in a camper van.[↗](../../camper/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Campers must put out their fires before bed.[↗](../../camper/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **campfire** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An outdoor fire made at a camp, used for warmth, light and cooking.[↗](../../campfire/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A gathering around such a fire, with stories and songs.[↗](../../campfire/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We sat around the campfire and toasted marshmallows.[↗](../../campfire/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa told spooky stories by the campfire.[↗](../../campfire/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Only build a campfire in the fire pit.[↗](../../campfire/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pour water on the campfire and stir it until it's cold.[↗](../../campfire/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep a bucket of water next to the campfire.[↗](../../campfire/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many forest fires start from campfires that were left burning.[↗](../../campfire/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We sang campfire songs until the stars came out.[↗](../../campfire/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The campfire kept us warm on the chilly night.[↗](../../campfire/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Shere Khan had jumped at a woodcutter’s campfire, as Father Wolf had said, and was furious from the pain of his burned feet.[↗](../../campfire/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **camphor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A white, waxy substance with a strong, sharp smell, taken from the wood of the camphor tree or made in factories; it is used in some medicines and rubs, and once to keep moths away from clothes.[↗](../../camphor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Camphor can also mean the large tree that the substance comes from.[↗](../../camphor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old trunk smelled of camphor.[↗](../../camphor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Vapour rub has camphor and menthol in it.[↗](../../camphor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Camphor is poisonous, so never eat it.[↗](../../camphor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The camphor tree grows in Asia.[↗](../../camphor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma kept camphor in the wardrobe to stop moths.[↗](../../camphor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell of camphor made my eyes water.[↗](../../camphor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Thence we sailed to the isle of Rohat where the camphor trees grow to such a size that a hundred men could shelter under one of them with ease.[↗](../../camphor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **camping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Camping is staying outdoors in a tent or a camper van for fun.[↗](../../camping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Camping is the -ing form of camp: «We are camping».[↗](../../camping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They went camping for 3 days.[↗](../../camping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Camping costs 15 dollars a night.[↗](../../camping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She packed 12 snacks for camping.[↗](../../camping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 4 families went camping.[↗](../../camping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We went camping in the mountains.[↗](../../camping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bring a torch and a sleeping bag for camping.[↗](../../camping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The campsite has showers.[↗](../../camping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We cooked sausages on our camping trip.[↗](../../camping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep food away from bears when camping.[↗](../../camping/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Put out the fire with water before you leave.[↗](../../camping/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **campsite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place where people camp in tents, caravans or campervans, often with toilets, showers and water taps.[↗](../../campsite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The exact spot where one group puts up its tent.[↗](../../campsite/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We put up our tent at the campsite by the lake.[↗](../../campsite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The campsite has hot showers and a shop.[↗](../../campsite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose a flat campsite away from the river.[↗](../../campsite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We left our campsite as clean as we found it.[↗](../../campsite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Raccoons came into the campsite looking for food.[↗](../../campsite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class stayed at a campsite for the school camp.[↗](../../campsite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The campsite was full, so we had to drive to another.[↗](../../campsite/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **campus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The grounds of a university or college, with its buildings and fields.[↗](../../campus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked across the campus.[↗](../../campus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The students ate lunch on the campus.[↗](../../campus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Roman campus was used for games.[↗](../../campus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **can** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Can means is able to.[↗](../../can/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I can swim.[↗](../../can/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Can means is allowed to.[↗](../../can/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* You can go out now.[↗](../../can/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Can is used to ask politely.[↗](../../can/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Can I have some water?[↗](../../can/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A can is a metal container for food or drink: a can of beans.[↗](../../can/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Can shows what is possible.[↗](../../can/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* It can get cold at night.[↗](../../can/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) «Can't be bothered» means don't want to make the effort; «can do» means yes, I'll do it; «I can't even» (slang) means it is too much to deal with.[↗](../../can/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual, US) «The can» is a rude word for the toilet; «in the can» means finished.[↗](../../can/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) The exam voice says «is able to», «is capable of», «may», «is permitted to», «has a capacity of».[↗](../../can/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Giving can make you have more or less: it depends on who gives to whom.[↗](../../can/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Student: I divide : I cannot do that (because of «each»)[↗](../../can/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A bus can carry 30 children.[↗](../../can/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each box can hold 6 eggs.[↗](../../can/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds can fly, but penguins cannot.[↗](../../can/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I go to the toilet, please?[↗](../../can/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Open a can of tomatoes for the soup.[↗](../../can/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You can play after you finish your homework.[↗](../../can/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · can u grab 4 cans of coke on the way[↗](../../can/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · can't be bothered walking, it's only 2 stops[↗](../../can/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · «Can you set the table?»[↗](../../can/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") «Can do!»[↗](../../can/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Each vehicle has a capacity of 30 passengers; determine the number of vehicles required for 90 pupils.[↗](../../can/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I know that he can speak well.[↗](../../can/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../can/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?'[↗](../../can/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.39.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../can/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Cain said unto the LORD: 'My punishment is greater than I can bear.[↗](../../can/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../can/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Can the reed-grass grow without water?[↗](../../can/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.8.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../can/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Who can stand before His indignation?[↗](../../can/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.1.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../can/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · But who can withhold himself from speaking?[↗](../../can/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../can/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") **canaanite** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person of the land of Canaan, the people who lived there before the Israelites.[↗](../../canaanite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the Canaanite was then in the land.[↗](../../canaanite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.12.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../canaanite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.[↗](../../canaanite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.13.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../canaanite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'[↗](../../canaanite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.15.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../canaanite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem: Thine origin and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite.[↗](../../canaanite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../canaanite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.[↗](../../canaanite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.11.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../canaanite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: (Prophets JOS.12.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../canaanite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **canadian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Canadian means from or about Canada, the big country north of the USA.[↗](../../canadian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Canadian is a person from Canada.[↗](../../canadian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cousin is Canadian.[↗](../../canadian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Canadian flag has a red maple leaf.[↗](../../canadian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Canadians speak English and French.[↗](../../canadian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We used Canadian dollars in Toronto.[↗](../../canadian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice hockey is a popular Canadian sport.[↗](../../canadian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a Canadian accent.[↗](../../canadian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Canadians live near the US border.[↗](../../canadian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **canal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long, narrow waterway dug by people so boats can travel or water can flow, for example across a country.[↗](../../canal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A narrow tube in the body, such as the ear canal.[↗](../../canal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked along the canal towpath.[↗](../../canal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A long narrow boat went slowly down the canal.[↗](../../canal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Panama Canal joins two oceans.[↗](../../canal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Canals were dug by hand long ago.[↗](../../canal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never swim in a canal; the water is cold and deep.[↗](../../canal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't push cotton buds into your ear canal.[↗](../../canal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The canal had locks to lift boats up the hill.[↗](../../canal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing was to be seen but an open meadow, surrounded by a few bushes, through which ran a broad canal or stream.[↗](../../canal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.'[↗](../../canal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.8.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../canal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **canard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A canard is a false story or rumour that many people repeat and believe, especially one spread on purpose.[↗](../../canard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (aircraft) A canard is a small extra wing near the front of a plane, in front of the main wings.[↗](../../canard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (French) In French, «canard» is the ordinary word for a duck; in English it is not used for the bird.[↗](../../canard/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The idea that we use only ten percent of our brains is an old canard.[↗](../../canard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper had to apologise for spreading the canard.[↗](../../canard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher said that story about the king was a canard.[↗](../../canard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That plane has small canards in front of its main wings.[↗](../../canard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Paris, Dad ordered «canard», which turned out to be duck.[↗](../../canard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't repeat that canard about goldfish having a three-second memory.[↗](../../canard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **canary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small yellow songbird often kept as a pet.[↗](../../canary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bright yellow colour (canary yellow).[↗](../../canary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Something that gives an early warning of danger (a canary in a coal mine).[↗](../../canary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our canary sings every morning.[↗](../../canary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Canaries need clean water and seeds.[↗](../../canary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a canary yellow raincoat.[↗](../../canary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Miners used canaries to detect bad gas.[↗](../../canary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Falling bee numbers are a canary in the coal mine for nature.[↗](../../canary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat stared at the canary in its cage.[↗](../../canary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cancel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To decide that a planned event will not happen.[↗](../../cancel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To stop an order, booking or ticket so that it no longer counts.[↗](../../cancel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In maths, to remove the same factor or number from both parts, as when making a fraction simpler.[↗](../../cancel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (cancel out) Of two things: to have equal and opposite effects so together they make nothing.[↗](../../cancel/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The football match was cancelled because of the rain.[↗](../../cancel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · School was cancelled after the big snowstorm.[↗](../../cancel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum cancelled the dentist appointment.[↗](../../cancel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Click «Cancel» if you don't want to delete the file.[↗](../../cancel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cancel the twos: 2/6 becomes 1/3.[↗](../../cancel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Adding 4 and then taking 4 away cancel each other out.[↗](../../cancel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Two equal pushes from opposite sides cancel out, so the box stays still.[↗](../../cancel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The flight was cancelled and we had to stay another night.[↗](../../cancel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cancellation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The act of calling off something that was planned, such as a match, flight or appointment.[↗](../../cancellation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A place or booking that becomes free because someone else cancelled it.[↗](../../cancellation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) Removing the same number or factor from the top and bottom of a fraction, or terms that make zero, to simplify.[↗](../../cancellation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cancellation of the school trip was a big disappointment.[↗](../../cancellation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Snow caused the cancellation of all flights.[↗](../../cancellation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We got a dentist appointment because of a cancellation.[↗](../../cancellation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a cancellation fee if you change your booking.[↗](../../cancellation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, cancellation makes 6/8 into 3/4.[↗](../../cancellation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cancellation was announced on the radio.[↗](../../cancellation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The concert's cancellation upset the fans.[↗](../../cancellation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/2/) 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