[
  {
    "word": "cancel",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8k\u00e6nsl\u0329/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8k\u00e6nsl\u0329/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/cancel-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79241257",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The page thus suppressed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The page that replaces it.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To cross out something with lines etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To invalidate or annul something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He cancelled his order on their website."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To offset or equalize something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To stop production of a programme.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To kill.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "blacklist",
          "belay",
          "take care of"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cancel"
    ]
  }
]