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ABORT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
Example:
he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("abort" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they abort ... he / she / it aborts
Past simple: aborted
Past participle: aborted
-ing form: aborting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "abort" is one way to...):
discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release (eliminate (a substance))
"Abort" entails doing...:
conceive (become pregnant; undergo conception)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abort"):
miscarry (suffer a miscarriage)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
abortion (termination of pregnancy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cease development, die, and be aborted
Example:
an aborting fetus
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "abort" is one way to...):
buy the farm; cash in one's chips; choke; conk; croak; decease; die; drop dead; exit; expire; give-up the ghost; go; kick the bucket; pass; pass away; perish; pop off; snuff it (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Terminate before completion
Example:
abort the process running on my computer
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "abort" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
abortion (failure of a plan)
abortive (failing to accomplish an intended result)
