HOW TO PRONOUNCE
cancellation
/kænsəˈleɪʃən/
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kan-suh-LAY-shun: put the main beat on LAY.
The second c sounds like s. The double l marks one l sound, followed by the long a and a soft “shun” ending.
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“The cancellation left us with an unexpected free afternoon.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does cancellation mean?
noun
- The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
- The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.
- A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
More meanings (2)
noun
- In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
- The property of being cancellate.
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IPA pronunciation
/kænsəˈleɪʃən/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Long before him, Moses, in making a distribution of lands, declaring patrimony inalienable, and ordering a general and uncompensated cancellation of all mortgages every fiftieth year, had opposed a barrier to the invasions of force.