abort meaning
EN
[əˈbɔːt] [əˈbɔɹt] 
US WAbort
- Abort can mean:
- Abortion, the termination of pregnancy.
- Early termination of some process, e.g.:
- The early termination of a spaceflight, particularly a mode resulting in the return of the spacecraft to Earth. For more information, see Space Shuttle abort modes and Apollo abort modes.
- The termination of an aircraft take-off attempt.
- Abort (computing), to terminate a computer processing or data transfer activity.
- "Abort" is antiquated German for a toilet, from German ab- = "away" and noun Ort = "place".
- Abort, a 1970 Norwegian film.
- NounPLaborts
- (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
- (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
- (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
- We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
- (computing) The function used to abort a process.
- (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.
- We've had three aborts over the last two days.
- (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
- VerbSGabortsPRabortingPT, PPaborted
- (intransitive) To miscarry; to bring forth offspring prematurely.
- (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
- (intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
- (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
- (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
- (intransitive, military) To fail or abandon a mission for any reason other than enemy action, at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
- (transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
- (transitive) To cause a premature termination of a foetus; to bring forth offspring prematurely; to end a pregnancy before term.
- (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
- (intransitive) To miscarry; to bring forth offspring prematurely.
Definition of abort in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "abort" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an ergative verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.