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Meaning of 'Abort' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Abort [ n.]
- An untimely birth.
- An aborted offspring.
2 . Abort [ v. i.]
- To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
- To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.

Meaning of 'Abort' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . abort [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
Example in sentence:
  • he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area;
  • I wasted a year of my life working on an abort
2 . abort [ v]
Meaning (2):
- terminate before completion
Example in sentence:
  • abort the mission;
  • abort the process running on my computer
Meaning (3):
- cease development, die, and be aborted
Example in sentence:
  • an aborting fetus

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