abort

CEFRC1

/əˈbɔːt/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To stop a plan, process, or activity before it finishes.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    An event in which a process is aborted.

Examples

  • I don't want to abort the mission now.

  • "Yanni is coming." "Abort mission! Abort mission!"

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. The function used to abort a process.

  2. To terminate or stop something before completion.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.

More examples

In context

  • We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.

  • We've had three aborts over the last two days.

  • In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Due to bad weather, the mission control decided to blank the rocket launch.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), formed from ab + orior (“to come into being”). Doublet of abortus.