cancelling
キャンセルする
解説 Definition
cancelling は cancel(キャンセルする、中止する)の現在分詞・動名詞です。予定、予約、注文などを取りやめる動作を表し、主にイギリス英語でよく使われる綴りです。
Cancelling is the present participle or gerund of cancel, meaning to decide that a planned event, booking, order, or service will not happen or continue. This double-l spelling is standard in British English.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
cancelling は cancel + -ing で、予定・予約・注文などを「取り消している/取り消すこと」。イギリス英語では語末の l を重ねて cancelling、アメリカ英語では canceling も一般的で、発音は同じ。cancelling a meeting、flight、order の組み合わせで覚える。
Begin with cancel and add -ing. In British English, the final l is doubled, producing cancelling; American English commonly uses canceling with one l. The two spellings have the same pronunciation and meaning. Fix the word in memory through typical objects: cancelling a meeting, cancelling a flight, cancelling a booking, or cancelling an order. Each pattern involves making something planned or arranged no longer happen. This focus also distinguishes the action from postponing, which moves an event to a later time instead of calling it off entirely.
例文
She is cancelling the meeting.
彼女は会議をキャンセルしています。
They are cancelling the flight because of bad weather.
悪天候のため、彼らはその便をキャンセルしています。
Before cancelling the order, please check the delivery date.
注文をキャンセルする前に、配送日を確認してください。
cancelling の類義語・関連語
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cancelling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 cancellare(格子状に線を引いて消す)が語源。cancel-は「格子」を意味するcancelliに由来し、文書に×印を引いて無効にする行為を表した。関連語:chancellor(元は法廷の格子柵の番人)。「格子線で消す→取り消す」という意味の変遷が面白い。
Cancelling is the -ing form of cancel. Cancel comes through French from Latin cancellare, meaning to cross out with lines resembling a lattice. That verb was based on cancelli, referring to latticework or crossed bars. The physical act of drawing crossing lines through writing developed into the broader idea of making a document, arrangement, or event invalid. British spelling normally doubles the final l before -ing, while American spelling often does not.
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