Meaning

9 senses
  1. (intransitive, regional)To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.

  2. (intransitive, transitive)To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.

  3. (transitive)To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.

  4. (intransitive)To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.

  5. (intransitive)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.

  6. (transitive)To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.

  7. (intransitive)To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.

  8. (transitive)To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.

  9. (transitive)To terminate a process prior to completion.

    abbrechen

    прерватьprervatʹ

    terminate before completion

Examples

14 sentences
  1. The mission had to be aborted.

    deDie Mission musste abgebrochen werden.

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  2. Tom was in favor of aborting the mission.

    ruТом выступал за прерывание миссии.

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  3. Tom is in favor of aborting the mission.

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  4. The mission was aborted.

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  5. Our mission was aborted.

    deUnsere Mission wurde abgebrochen.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
computing: to terminate a process prior to completion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
computing: to terminate a process prior to completion:

Origin

From Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“c

From Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).

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Forms

aborts, aborting, aborted, aborted
Base formabort · to abort
3rd person singularaborts
Present participleaborting
Past simpleaborted
Past participleaborted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyabort
he, she, itaborts

Past simpleLesson

all personsaborted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave aborted
he, she, ithas aborted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill abort

Word family

22 related words

See also

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