Abort - English meaning

Abort – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus).
Usage examples:
The decision to abort the fetus
Synonims:
Terminate End Have an abortion
verb
Bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault.
Usage examples:
The flight crew aborted the take-off
Synonims:
Halt Stop End Call off Cut short Discontinue Terminate Arrest Suspend Check Nullify Scrub Axe Pull the plug on Fail Come to a halt Miscarry Go wrong Not succeed Fall through Break down Be fru

noun
An act of aborting a flight, space mission, or other enterprise.
Usage examples:
An abort because of bad weather

verb
To stop something before it has begun or to cause something to fail before it is complete
Usage examples:
Engineers aborted the test flight at the last minute., an abortive uprising led to his exile.

verb
To stop an activity before it begins or before it is complete
Usage examples:
Abort a test/trial/plan we were forced to abort the test as a result of technical problems., abort …

Abort translation into English

Abort: translate from English into Chinese

中止, 退出, 舍弃

Abort: translate from English into Dutch

Afbreken, Mislukken, Miskraam krijgen, Ontijdig bevallen, Avorteren

Abort: translate from English into French

Avorter, Abandon, Abandonner, Interrompre, Faire avorter, Échouer, Arrêter de se développer, S'arrêter

Abort: translate from English into German

Abbrechen, Abbruch, Abtreiben, Verwerfen, Abortieren, Entfernen, Fehlgebären, Abgehen, Die schwangerschaft abbrechen, Eine fehlgeburt haben

Abort: translate from English into Hindi

बीच में बंद करें, पेट गिरना, गर्भपात होना, गर्भस्राव होना, अकाल प्रसव, विकास रुक जाना, विकास में अवरोध होना

Abort: translate from English into Italian

Abortire, Fallire

Abort: translate from English into Korean

중단하다, 유산하다, 낙대하다, 발육하지 않다, 주춤하다, 중지하다

Abort: translate from English into Russian

Прервать, Выкинуть, Иметь выкидыш, Преждевременно родить, Терпеть неудачу, Оставаться недоразвитым, Стать бесплодным

Abort: translate from English into Spanish

Abortar, Anular, Fracasar

Word origin

mid 16th century: from Latin aboriri ‘miscarry’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + oriri ‘be born’.

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Abort – similar words

aborters

noun
A person who performs an abortion; = "abortionist". also figurative.

noun
A woman who undergoes a spontaneous or induced abortion, or who does so repeatedly. also: a female animal who aborts her young, especially as a result of infectious disease.

Aborters - all meanings in English

aborter

noun
A person who performs an abortion; = "abortionist". also figurative.

noun
A woman who undergoes a spontaneous or induced abortion, or who does so repeatedly. also: a female animal who aborts her young, especially as a result of infectious disease.

Aborter - all meanings in English

aborted

verb
Carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus).
Usage examples:
The decision to abort the fetus

noun
An act of aborting a flight, space mission, or other enterprise.
Usage examples:
An abort because of bad weather

verb
Past simple and past participle of abort
Usage examples:
The mission had to be aborted at the last minute., if something goes wrong during the launch sequen…

Aborted - all meanings in English

Abort synonims

arrest

verb
Seize (someone) by legal authority and take them into custody.
Usage examples:
The police arrested him for possession of marijuana

noun
The action of seizing someone and taking them into custody.
Usage examples:
I have a warrant for your arrest

verb
Take into custody

Arrest - all meanings in English

axe

noun
A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle.
Usage examples:
I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood

verb
End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly.
Usage examples:
The company is axing 125 jobs

Axe - all meanings in English

call off

phrasal verb
Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

phrasal verb
To decide that a planned event will not happen
Usage examples:
Union leaders called the strike off at the last minute.

phrasal verb
To decide that something that has already been planned will not happen
Usage examples:
The companies called off their merger plans late monday citing 'adverse market conditions'.

Call off - all meanings in English

check

verb
Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.
Usage examples:
Customs officers have the right to check all luggage

noun
An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.
Usage examples:
A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances

exclamation
Us spelling of cheque.

Check - all meanings in English

discontinue

verb
Cease from doing or providing (something), especially something that has been provided on a regular basis.
Usage examples:
The ferry service was discontinued by the proprietors

Discontinue - all meanings in English

end

noun
A final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story.
Usage examples:
The end of the year

verb
Come or bring to a final point; finish.
Usage examples:
When the war ended, policy changed

suffix
Denoting a person or thing to be treated in a specified way.
Usage examples:
Dividend

End - all meanings in English

fail

verb
Be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal.
Usage examples:
He failed in his attempt to secure election

noun
A mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test.
Usage examples:
A fail grade

Fail - all meanings in English

fall through

phrasal verb
Fail utterly; collapse

phrasal verb
To fail to happen
Usage examples:
The sale of the house fell through.

phrasal verb
If something that has been planned or agreed falls through, it does not happen
Usage examples:
The deal fell through when someone made our client a better offer.

Fall through - all meanings in English

halt

verb
Bring or come to an abrupt stop.
Usage examples:
There is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed

noun
A suspension of movement or activity, typically a temporary one.
Usage examples:
A halt in production

adjective
(of a person) having a physical disability.
Usage examples:
If a man were halt or hunch'd

Halt - all meanings in English

miscarry

verb
(of a pregnant woman) experience a miscarriage.
Usage examples:
Wendy miscarried after five weeks

verb
To unintentionally have a pregnancy end early

Miscarry - all meanings in English

nullify

verb
Make legally null and void; invalidate.
Usage examples:
It is at the discretion of the court to nullify the decision

verb
To cause an agreement or result to be no longer effective or consider it as not existing
Usage examples:
The referee nullified the goal.

verb
To make a legal agreement or decision no longer have any legal force
Usage examples:
The airline wants to nullify employees' contracts if no settlement is reached., a suit has been fil…

Nullify - all meanings in English

scrub

verb
Rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water.
Usage examples:
He had to scrub the floor

noun
An act of scrubbing something or someone.
Usage examples:
Give the floor a good scrub

noun
Vegetation consisting mainly of brushwood or stunted forest growth.
Usage examples:
A desert plain dotted with scrub

Scrub - all meanings in English

stop

verb
(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.
Usage examples:
His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun

noun
A cessation of movement or operation.
Usage examples:
All business came to a stop

verb
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

Stop - all meanings in English

suspend

verb
Temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect.
Usage examples:
Work on the dam was suspended

verb
Bar temporarily

Suspend - all meanings in English

terminate

verb
Bring to an end.
Usage examples:
He was advised to terminate the contract

verb
To end or stop, or to cause something to end or stop
Usage examples:
[ i ] trains that used to terminate in hoboken now run into new york., [ t ] it sounded like she wa…

verb
To end or to make something end
Usage examples:
The takeover talks terminated without agreement., how do i terminate my subscription?, terminate a …

Terminate - all meanings in English

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