cancel

annuler

Décider qu’un événement ou une activité prévus n’auront pas lieu.

En anglais simple : To decide that a planned event or activity will not happen.

• We had to cancel the picnic.
• They canceled the concert because of heavy rain.
• Has your flight been cancelled?

Synonymes : call off

Expressions courantes : cancel a meeting, cancel a flight, cancel an appointment

annuler, résilier

Mettre fin à une commande, un contrat ou un service, ou rendre quelque chose invalide.

En anglais simple : To end an order, agreement, or service, or make something no longer valid.

• I want to cancel my subscription.
• She cancelled the order before it was shipped.
• The bank canceled his card after it was stolen.

Synonymes : terminate, annul, revoke

Expressions courantes : cancel an order, cancel a subscription, cancel a contract

oblitérer

Marquer un timbre ou un objet similaire pour indiquer qu’il a déjà servi.

En anglais simple : To mark a stamp or similar item to show that it has already been used.

• The clerk canceled the stamp.
• This machine cancels stamps with black ink.
• The stamps were cancelled before the letters left the post office.

Synonymes : postmark

Expressions courantes : cancel a stamp, cancel postage stamps