I Want to Cancel My Appointment: Meaning & Usage

Meaning 1：cancel an appointment (I want to cancel my appointment)

I want to cancel my appointment 🔊

/aɪ wɒnt tuː ˈkænsəl maɪ əˈpɔɪntmənt/

phr.

To say you wish to call off a planned meeting or appointment.

Person canceling appointment on phone with crossed-out calendar

cancel an appointment 🔊

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/ˈkænsəl ən əˈpɔɪntmənt/

phr.

To formally or informally declare that a planned meeting or service booking will not take place as originally scheduled.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

Cancel comes from Latin 'cancellare' (to cross out). Appointment from Old French 'apointement' (arrangement).

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a big red X drawn across a calendar date: that X 'cancels' the appointment.

📖 Example

I called the clinic and said, I want to cancel my appointment because I'm feeling better now. 🔊 I called the clinic and said, I want to cancel my appointment because I'm feeling better now.

🔗 Collocations

cancel a reservation – to void a previously made booking, such as for a hotel or restaurant

cancel a meeting – to call off a scheduled business or social gathering

cancel an order – to stop a purchase request from being processed

🔄 Synonyms

call off an appointment (phr.) – to cancel a scheduled meeting or arrangement

rescind an appointment (phr.) – to formally revoke a planned meeting, often used in legal or official contexts

void an appointment (phr.) – to make an appointment no longer valid or effective

🚫 Antonyms

keep an appointment (phr.) – to attend a scheduled meeting as planned

confirm an appointment (phr.) – to verify that a scheduled meeting will take place

🌱 Derivatives

cancellation (n.) – the act of canceling something

appointee (n.) – a person who is appointed to a position or meeting

📖 Cultural Story

The phrase reflects a common modern transaction: calling to void a scheduled meeting. 'Cancel' traces to Latin 'cancelli' (lattice), as letters were struck through with cross lines.