Definitions for abortəˈbɔrt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a•bortəˈbɔrt(v.i.)
to bring forth a fetus before it is viable.
Category: Surgery
to remain rudimentary, fail to develop, or develop incompletely.
Category: Biology
to fail or stop at an early or premature stage.
to fail to accomplish a military objective for any reason other than enemy action.
Category: Military
(of a missile) to stop before the scheduled flight is completed.
Category: Rocketry
(v.t.)to cause to bring forth (a fetus) before it is viable.
Category: Surgery
to cause (a pregnant female) to be delivered of a nonviable fetus.
Category: Pathology
to cause to cease or end at an early or premature stage.
to terminate (a missile flight, mission, etc.) before completion.
Category: Military, Rocketry
(n.)the termination of a missile flight, mission, etc., before completion.
Category: Military, Rocketry
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
Category: Military, Rocketry
Origin of abort:
1570–80; < L abortus, ptp. of aborīrī to disappear, miscarry =ab-ab - +orīrī to appear
Princeton's WordNet
abort(verb)
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"
abort(verb)
terminate before completion
"abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"
abort(verb)
cease development, die, and be aborted
"an aborting fetus"
abort(verb)
terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
abort(verb)əbˈɔrt
to stop a process
The pilot had to abort the landing.
abortəbˈɔrt
to end a pregnancy
She refused to abort her unborn child.
Webster Dictionary
Abort(verb)
to miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely
Abort(verb)
to become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile
Abort(noun)
an untimely birth
Abort(noun)
an aborted offspring
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
abort
1. To terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action. It may occur at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. 2. To discontinue aircraft takeoff or missile launch.
Translations for abort
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
abort(verb)
to lose or bring about the loss of (an unborn child) from the womb.
- aborteerAfrikaans
- يُجْهِضArabic
- помятамBulgarian
- abortarPortuguese (BR)
- potratitCzech
- abtreibenGerman
- abortereDanish
- κάνω έκτρωσηGreek
- abortarSpanish
- rasedust katkestama, aborti tegemaEstonian
- سقط کردنFarsi
- abortoidaFinnish
- avorterFrench
- לְהַפִּיל עוּבָּרHebrew
- गर्भपात होनाHindi
- pobacitiCroatian
- elvetélHungarian
- gugurIndonesian
- missa fóstur; valda fósturláti hjáIcelandic
- abortireItalian
- 流産するJapanese
- 유산하다Korean
- persileisti, nutraukti nėštumąLithuanian
- izdarīt abortu; priekšlaicīgi dzemdētLatvian
- gugurMalay
- aborterenDutch
- abortere; framkalle abortNorwegian
- poronić, wymusić poronieniePolish
- سقط کردنPersian
- ماشوم د مور په نس كى مخكى له زيږيدنى څخه له منځه وړلPashto
- abortarPortuguese
- a avortaRomanian
- иметь выкидыш;делать абортRussian
- potratiťSlovak
- splavitiSlovenian
- pobacitiSerbian
- få missfall, aborteraSwedish
- แท้งลูกThai
- kürtaj yapmak, çocuk aldırmakTurkish
- 墮掉(胎兒)Chinese (Trad.)
- викидати, передчасно народжуватиUkrainian
- ہونا اسقاطUrdu
- sẩy thai; phá thaiVietnamese
- 早产，流产，堕胎Chinese (Simp.)
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