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abort¹
- /əˈbɔːt/ UK
- /əˈbɔɹt/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
From Middle English, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), formed from ab + orior (“to come into being”). Doublet of abortus.
noun aborts
- An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission. We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
- The function used to abort a process.
- An event in which a process is aborted. We've had three aborts over the last two days.
- The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
- A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends.
abort²
- /əˈbɔːt/ UK
- /əˈbɔɹt/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
From Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).
verb aborts · aborting · aborted
- To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. Women have aborted, men have committed suicide, and both men and women have been thrown into convulsions during the fearful agony of renal colic.
- To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. "Of course, you can't abort yourself...I mean you positively can't be allowed to. To begin with it's a crime."
- To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
- To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
- To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
- To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
- To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. First he aborts the take-off and now we have a runway incursion!
- To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
- To terminate a process prior to completion.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: drop, voiding, blackout, stifle, halt, bust, break, destroy, outage, belay, disrupt, disruption, frustrating, demoralize, frustration, undermine
Translations
Every language
noun function used to abort a process
| 日本語 | 中止 chūshi |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 中斷 /中断 zhōngduàn, 放棄 /放弃 fàngqì, 停止 tíngzhǐ, 腰斬 /腰斩 yāozhǎn |
| Português | abort, abortamento |
| Deutsch | Abbruch |
noun event to abort a computer process
| 中文 | 終止 /终止 zhōngzhǐ |
|---|
noun miscarriage
| Español | aborto |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 流産 ryūzan |
| 中文 | 流產 /流产 liúchǎn, 小產 /小产 xiǎochǎn, 墮胎 /堕胎 duòtāi |
| Português | aborto |
| Français | fausse couche |
| Deutsch | Abort, Schwangerschaftsabbruch |
| Română | avort, întrerupere de sarcină |
| Русский | або́рт abórt, вы́кидыш výkidyš |
verb to miscarry
| Español | abortar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 流産する ryūzan suru |
| 中文 | 流產 /流产 liúchǎn, 小產 /小产 xiǎochǎn, 墮胎 /堕胎 duòtāi |
| Kiswahili | -avya mimba |
| Português | abortar, perder |
| Français | faire une fausse couche |
| Italiano | abortire, fallire |
| العربية | يُجْهِض yujhiḍ |
| עברית | הִפִּיל hipíl |
verb to cause a premature termination
| 日本語 | 堕ろす orosu |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 中斷 /中断 zhōngduàn, 放棄 /放弃 fàngqì, 停止 tíngzhǐ, 腰斬 /腰斩 yāozhǎn |
| Kiswahili | -avya mimba, -toa mimba |
| Português | abortar, cancelar |
| Français | avorter, interrompre, abandonner |
| Italiano | abortire, interrompere |
| Tiếng Việt | sẩy thai, phá thai |
| עברית | הִפִּיל hipíl |
verb to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages
| 中文 | 流產 /流产 liúchǎn, 中斷 /中断 zhōngduàn, 放棄 /放弃 fàngqì, 停止 tíngzhǐ, 腰斬 /腰斩 yāozhǎn |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | -avya |
| Ελληνικά | διακόπτω diakópto |
| עברית | ביטל bitél, ויתר vitér |
verb biology: to become checked in normal development
| 中文 | 發育停滯 /发育停滞 fāyù tíngzhì |
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verb biology: to cause an organism to develop minimally
| 中文 | 使發育不全 /使发育不全 shǐ fāyù bùquán |
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verb military: to abandon a mission
| 中文 | 中止任務 /中止任务 zhōngzhǐ rènwù |
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verb aeronautics: to terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket
| 中文 | 中止發射 /中止发射 zhōngzhǐ fāshè |
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verb computing: to terminate a process prior to completion
| 中文 | 終止 /终止 zhōngzhǐ |
|---|---|
| Português | abortar |
| Français | interrompre, abandonner, échouer, s'arrêter |
| Deutsch | abbrechen |
| Italiano | interrompere, fermare |
| Русский | прервать prervatʹ |
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title = {abort},
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