"cancel out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cancels out [present, singular, third-person], cancelling out [participle, present], canceling out [participle, present], cancelled out [participle, past], cancelled out [past], canceled out [participle, past], canceled out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++*|past2=canceled out|pres_ptc2=canceling out}} cancel out (third-person singular simple present cancels out, present participle cancelling out or canceling out, simple past and past participle cancelled out or canceled out)
  1. (transitive) To neutralize the effect of. Tags: transitive Translations (to neutralize the effect of): escludersi (Italian), anular (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-cancel_out-en-verb-uGislyz7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 51 49 Disambiguation of 'to neutralize the effect of': 90 10
  2. (intransitive) Of two or more things: to neutralize each other's effect. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cancel_out-en-verb-7zqnuUqr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: counteract, counterbalance, countervail, counter [verb], negate

Inflected forms

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