Definition of abort Abort
/ʌbɔˈɹt/ - [ubort] - a•bort
We found 17 definitions of abort from 6 different sources.
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What does abort mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: aborts |
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| abort - the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area" | ||
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| abort - terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion | ||
| conceive become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" | ||
| eject, expel, exhaust, release, discharge put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" | ||
| miscarry suffer a miscarriage | ||
| abort - terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer" | ||
| end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| abort - cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus" | ||
| buy the farm, perish, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, snuff it, drop dead, decease, cash in one's chips, pop off, pass away, expire, exit, croak, conk, die, choke, pass, go leave quickly | ||
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Wiktionary 
- abort (Noun)
An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission. - abort (Noun)
The function used to abort a process. - abort (Noun)
An event involving the abort of a process. - abort (Verb)
To cause a premature termination of a foetus; to bring forth offspring prematurely; to end a pregnancy before term. - abort (Verb)
To terminate a process prior to completion.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- abort (v. i.)
To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely. - abort (v. i.)
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile. - abort (n.)
An untimely birth. - abort (n.)
An aborted offspring.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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abort
To end a running process. -
abort
To terminate a pregnancy before time.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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abort
ab-ort′, v.i. to miscarry in birth: to remain in a rudimentary state.—n. Abor′tion, premature delivery, or the procuring of such: anything that does not reach maturity: a mis-shapen being or monster.—adj. Abort′ive, born untimely: unsuccessful: producing nothing: brought forth in an imperfect condition: rudimentary.—adv. Abort′ively.—n. Abort′iveness. [L. aborīri, abortus—ab, from, away, orīri, to rise.]
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🔤- abort, verb, present, 1st person singular of abort (infinitive).
- abort, verb (infinitive).
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