abort
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
I wasted a year of my life working on an abort
Types & categories
- ending hypernym
Sense 2 verb
terminate before completion
abort the mission
Types & categories
- terminate hypernym
Related & opposite
- miscarriage derivation
- stillborn derivation
Sense 3 verb
cease development, die, and be aborted
an aborting fetus
Types & categories
- die hypernym
Sense 4 verb
terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ending |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | miscarriage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stillborn |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | terminate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | die |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | abortion |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | conceive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | eject |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | miscarry |