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Definition 2024

canned

canned

English

Adjective

canned ‎(not comparable)

Preserved in cans.
canned tomatoes
(slang) Drunk.
Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass produced, or lacking originality or customization.
The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy.

Synonyms

(preserved in cans): tinned
(prepared or standard): boilerplate, stock

Derived terms

(prepared or standard): canned laughter
canned opener

Translations

preserved in cans

Bulgarian: консервиран (bg) ‎(konservíran)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 罐頭的 (zh), 罐头的 (zh) ‎(guàntóu de), 罐裝的 (zh), 罐装的 (zh) ‎(guànzhuāng de)
Finnish: purkitettu (fi), säilyke-, tölkki-

French: en conserve (fr), en boîte (fr)
German: konserviert (de), Dosen- (de)
Italian: in scatola
Japanese: 缶詰の (ja) ‎(かんづめの, kanzume no), 缶の (ja) ‎(かんの, kan no)
Russian: консерви́рованный ‎(konservírovannyj), в ба́нке (ru) ‎(v bánke)

drunk

Bulgarian: пиян (bg) ‎(piján)
Finnish: humalassa, kännissä

Russian: пья́ный (ru) ‎(pʹjányj), бухо́й (ru) ‎(buxój) (slang)

previously prepared

Russian: загото́вленный (ru) ‎(zagotóvlennyj), в за́писи (ru) ‎(v zápisi) (of music), запи́санный (ru) ‎(zapísannyj) (pre-recorded)

Verb

canned

simple past tense and past participle of can