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Meaning of abort | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
əˈbɔːt

Definitions

  1. An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
  2. The function used to abort a process.
  3. An event in which a process is aborted.
  4. The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
    archaic
  5. A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Български аборт абортирам
Čeština potratit
Cymraeg erthylu
Ελληνικά διακόπτω
Esperanto aborti abortigi abortigo ĉesigi
Español abortar aborto
فارسی سقط جنین
Magyar vetélés
Հայերեն վիժել
Bahasa Indonesia menghentikan
Italiano abortire fallire fermare interrompere
日本語 中止 堕ろす 流産 流産する
Latina abigo aborior
Latviešu aborts
Te Reo Māori haukoti
Polski przerwać
Română avort
Svenska abort abortera avbryta missfall stoppa
Kiswahili -avya mimba
Tiếng Việt phá thai sẩy thai

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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