Meaning

2 senses

  1. To interrupt suddenly.

  2. (archaic, transitive)To tear off or asunder.

Examples

38 sentences

  1. The car came to an abrupt stop.

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  2. Tom's abrupt manner puts a lot of people off.

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  3. That was abrupt.

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  4. Don't make abrupt moves.

    deMach keine brüsken Bewegungen. — MUIRIEL

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  5. The elevator came to an abrupt halt.

    Ліфт різко зупинився. — deniko

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

First attested in 1583. Borrowed from Latin abruptus (“broken off”), perfect passive parti

First attested in 1583. Borrowed from Latin abruptus (“broken off”), perfect passive participle of abrumpō (“break off”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + rumpō (“to break”).

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Forms

abrupts, abrupting, abrupted, abrupted
Base formabrupt · to abrupt
3rd person singularabrupts
Present participleabrupting
Past simpleabrupted
Past participleabrupted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyabrupt
he, she, itabrupts

Past simpleLesson

all personsabrupted

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill abrupt

Word family

1 related words
Derivedabruptedly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
abroadA2abrogateabruptlyB2abscessabscond
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