cancel

Naija

Alternative forms

• postpone 0.84 121, reject 0.81 244, suspend 0.79 391, declare 0.78 651, extend 0.73 102, rig 0.72 31, shift 0.72 118, conduct 0.71 183, file 0.70 216

Etymology

etymology:English ' cancel'

Pronunciation

• kánsù

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2728
• Frequency in raw corpus: 359
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 857

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Verb

cancel: revocate -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Court don cancel wetin di paper talk sey make e do.  — (Court has revoked what was stated in the document.)

2. mark-obj (frequency:31)

   PDP dey ask INEC to cancel Kano rerun  — (bbc__79969, __no translation__)

   James Ibori lose appeal against UK court to cancel im ex-convict case  — (bbc__60829, __no translation__)

3. nsubj-obj (frequency:25)

   E vex afta dem cancel di goal wey Leroy Sane score because of offside.  — (bbc__84865, __no translation__)

   Many believe say goment cancel di approval wey dey first give am becos im port.  — (bbc__65359, __no translation__)

4. obj (frequency:15)

   Na so, I take cancel di eleba story.  — (ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__52, That was how I cancelled the eleba story.)

   Why Nigeria army use speed cancel UNICEF suspension  — (bbc__100424, __no translation__)

5. mark-nsubj (frequency:14)

   Di total votes be 256,763 and di number wey dem cancel na 11,111.  — (bbc__39082, __no translation__)

   Reuters President Uhuru Kenyatta, wey win di election wey dem cancel, say judges do 'judicial coup'.  — (bbc__85420, __no translation__)

6. cc-obj (frequency:8)

   Dem don suspend all train journeys for Costa Rica and cancel flights.  — (bbc__29000, __no translation__)

   President Juan Carlos talk say make public and private workers take di day off, and cancel school classes.  — (bbc__83388, __no translation__)

7. aux-obj (frequency:6)

   Nigeria goment no allow am use Eagle Square to declare im intention again as dem change dia mind come cancel di permission.  — (bbc__73749, __no translation__)

   E don dey affect students sotay dem never fit graduate Di non-teaching staff of Nigerian universities don cancel dem strike.  — (bbc__44304, __no translation__)

8. - (frequency:5)

   Di court talk say if Mr Melaye no show for di next date wey dem postpone di case, den na cancel be dat.  — (bbc__33958, __no translation__)

   Why e come be say na because Joao Havelange wey be FIFA president no like make dem do dis World Cup for Nigeria e make dem come cancel di thing.  — (deuber__5986, __no translation__)

9. conj-obj (frequency:2)

   And if you try cancel di meeting or postpone am, somebody like Konko go just go straight go make report to police.  — (deuber__6773, __no translation__)

   Dis dey come afta Appeal court for 9 May, 2019 cancel di judgement of di govnorship election tribunal and declare di candidate All Progressives Congress , Gboyega Oyetola, as winner of di election.  — (bbc__40466, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• postpone 0.84 121, reject 0.81 244, suspend 0.79 391, declare 0.78 651, extend 0.73 102, rig 0.72 31, shift 0.72 118, conduct 0.71 183, file 0.70 216

Antonymes

• postpone 0.84 121, reject 0.81 244, suspend 0.79 391, declare 0.78 651, extend 0.73 102, rig 0.72 31, shift 0.72 118, conduct 0.71 183, file 0.70 216

Translations

• English: revocate