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# cancelled

«cancelled» in Mova's school dictionary: **stopped or called off, so that a planned thing will not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (past and past participle of cancel: cancel, cancels, cancelled, cancelling — UK; canceled, canceling — US); adjective (a cancelled match)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cancelled means stopped or called off, so that a planned thing will not happen: the match was cancelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cancelled/#m1)

2) Cancelled means made no longer valid: a cancelled ticket or order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cancelled/#m2)

3) In maths, cancelled means simplified by dividing the top and bottom of a fraction by the same number, or by removing equal amounts on both sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cancelled/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: school closed or trips cancelled because of snow, storms or illness; flights and trains cancelled — check before you travel. In maths, cancelling fractions: 6/8 cancelled down becomes 3/4 (divide both by 2). In stories, a cancelled party can be the start of a problem to solve. Phrases: cancelled due to, cancelled because of, cancelled out, cancel down a fraction.

### examples

- Football practice was cancelled because of the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cancelled/#x1)
- Our flight was cancelled, so we stayed another night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cancelled/#x2)
- School is cancelled today because of snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cancelled/#x3)
- 4/8 cancelled down is 1/2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cancelled/#x4)
- The party was cancelled when the host got sick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cancelled/#x5)
- Adding 5 and then taking away 5 cancels out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cancelled/#x6)
- He cancelled his order online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cancelled/#x7)

### note

Spelling: UK, Irish, Australian, NZ and often Canadian English — cancelled, cancelling (double l); US English — canceled, canceling (one l). Noun: cancellation (double l everywhere). Maths: cancelling a fraction does not change its value, only its numbers: 10/15 = 2/3.

### In the corpora

- [A subscription keeps taking money every month until it is cancelled, and free trials often turn into payments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/17/)
- [On the first of April, Dad in Dublin told the kids school was cancelled because of snow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/440-april-fools-day/0/)
- [A big thing like a cancelled national election would be on every news channel and on the official elections website at once.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cancelled» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cancelled/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.