Abort
/əˈbɔrt/
verbIntermediate📊CommonAction
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Definitions
1
to stop (something) from continuing or being carried out
/əˈbɔrt/
verbneutralIntermediate
Action
stop a process
The company decided to abort the project after several failed attempts.
💡 Simply: to stop something
How It's Used
General
"We had to abort the mission due to unexpected weather conditions."
Late 15th century (in the sense 'cause to miscarry'): from Latin abort- 'miscarried, cut off', from the verb aboriri.
Historically, abort has been used in the context of causing a miscarriage or stopping something from happening.
Memory tip
Imagine an unsuccessful project being 'cut off' or 'aborted'.
Word Origin
LanguageLatin
abort a missionabort a project
Common misspellings
abotaborteaborbt
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