ABORTIVE

Meaning of ABORTIVE in English

a ‧ bor ‧ tive /əˈbɔːtɪv $ əˈbɔːr-/ BrE AmE adjective

an abortive action is not successful:

an abortive military coup

abortive attempt/effort

an abortive attempt to reform local government

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

ABORTIVE — adj abortive
Interlingua English vocab
ABORTIVE — I. əˈbȯr]d.iv, -ȯ(ə)], ]tiv, -ēv adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin abortivus, from abortus (past participle) + -ivus -ive 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — (v.) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.
Английский словарь Webster
ABORTIVE — (v.) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines.
Английский словарь Webster
ABORTIVE — (v.) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
ABORTIVE — (v.) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.
Английский словарь Webster
ABORTIVE — (v.) Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum.
Английский словарь Webster
ABORTIVE — (v.) Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child.
Английский словарь Webster
ABORTIVE — ( v. ) Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — ( v. ) Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — ( v. ) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — ( v. ) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — ( v. ) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — ( v. ) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — — abortively , adv. — abortiveness , n. /euh bawr"tiv/ , adj. 1. failing to succeed; unsuccessful: an abortive rebellion; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — noun a fruitless effort or issue. 2. abortive ·v rendering fruitless or ineffectual. 3. abortive ·v causing abortion; as, abortive …
Webster English vocab
ABORTIVE — abortive BrE AmE ə ˈbɔːt ɪv AmE \ ə ˈbɔːrt̬ ɪv ▷ abortive|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — / əˈbɔːtɪv; NAmE əˈbɔːrtɪv/ adjective ( formal ) ( of an action ) not successful; failed SYN unsuccessful : an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — An abortive attempt or action is unsuccessful. ( FORMAL ) ...an abortive attempt to prevent the current President from taking …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an abortive attempt formal (= unsuccessful ) ▪ They made an abortive attempt to keep …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ABORTIVE — 1. сущ.; уст. 1) абортивное средство 2) выкидыш 3) неудача, неуспех 2. прил. 1) преждевременный (о родах) 2) безуспешный, бесплодный, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ABORTIVE — abortive.ogg 1. əʹbɔ:tıv n 1. абортивное средство 2. выкидыш 2. əʹbɔ:tıv a 1. 1> неудавшийся, безуспешный, бесплодный abortive attempt - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ABORTIVE — 1. сущ.; устар.1) абортивное средство 2) выкидыш 3) неудача, неуспех 2. прил.1) преждевременный (о родах) 2) безуспешный, бесплодный, неудавшийся to …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ABORTIVE — 1. əʹbɔ:tıv n 1. абортивное средство 2. выкидыш 2. əʹbɔ:tıv a 1. 1> неудавшийся, безуспешный, бесплодный abortive attempt - тщетная …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ABORTIVE — 1. сущ. ; уст. 1) абортивное средство 2) выкидыш 3) неудача, неуспех 2. прил. 1) преждевременный ( о родах ) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ABORTIVE — 1. сущ.; уст. 1) абортивное средство 2) выкидыш 3) неудача, неуспех 2. прил. 1) преждевременный (о родах) 2) безуспешный, бесплодный, неудавшийся to be abortive — не удаваться, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ABORTIVE — 1. _n. 1> абортивное средство 2> выкидыш 2. _a. 1> преждевременный (о родах) 2> неудавшийся, безуспешный, бесплодный; abortive scheme - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
ABORTIVE — 1. n. 1. абортивное средство 2. выкидыш 2. a. 1. преждевременный (о родах) 2. неудавшийся, безуспешный, бесплодный; abortive scheme - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
ABORTIVE — _a. 1> преждевременный (о родах) 2> неудавшийся, бесплодный; abortive scheme мертворождённый план; to render abortive сорвать (попытку и т.п.) 3> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
ABORTIVE — 1. сущ.; уст. 1) абортивное средство 2) выкидыш 3) неудача, неуспех 2. прил. 1) преждевременный (о родах) 2) безуспешный, бесплодный, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ABORTIVE — adjective Date: 14th century prematurely born, fruitless , unsuccessful , imperfectly formed or developed, tending to cut short, ~ly adverb …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ABORTIVE — (n.) A fruitless effort or issue.
Английский словарь Webster
ABORTIVE — (n.) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
Английский словарь Webster
ABORTIVE — (v.) Rendering fruitless or ineffectual.
Английский словарь Webster
ABORTIVE — ( v. ) Rendering fruitless or ineffectual.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — ( n. ) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — ( n. ) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — ( n. ) A fruitless effort or issue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — adj. unsuccessful, fruitless; failing to develop completely; tending to cause an abortion (Medicine)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ABORTIVE — adjective Date: 14th century 1. obsolete : prematurely born 2. : fruitless , unsuccessful 3. : imperfectly formed or developed …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ABORTIVE — adj. Pronunciation: ə - ' bo ̇ r-tiv Function: adjective Date: 14th century 1 obsolete : prematurely born 2 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — ■ adjective 1》 failing to produce the intended result: an ~ coup. 2》 Biology, dated (of an organ or organism) …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ABORTIVE — [abor.tive] adj (14c) 1 obs: prematurely born 2: fruitless, unsuccessful 3: imperfectly formed or developed 4: tending to cut short …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ABORTIVE — adj. 1 fruitless, unsuccessful, unfinished. 2 resulting in abortion. 3 Biol. (of an organ etc.) rudimentary; arrested in development. øøabortively …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ABORTIVE — adj. 1 fruitless, unsuccessful, unfinished. 2 resulting in abortion. 3 Biol. (of an organ etc.) rudimentary; arrested in development. abortively …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — adj.1 fruitless, unsuccessful, unfinished. 2 resulting in abortion. 3 Biol. (of an organ etc.) rudimentary; arrested in development. Derivatives: abortively …
Oxford English vocab
ABORTIVE — An ~ attempt or action is unsuccessful. (FORMAL) ...an ~ attempt to prevent the current President from taking office. = …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ABORTIVE — [adjective] [not gradable]An abortive attempt or plan is one that you have to give up because it has failed.
Cambridge English vocab
ABORTIVE — Synonyms and related words : barren, bootless, failed, failing, fruitless, futile, gainless, immature, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, lame, manque, miscarried, miscarrying, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ABORTIVE — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: FUTILE , bootless, fruitless, ineffective, ineffectual, unavailable, unavailing, unproductive, useless, vain Related Words: unformed; immature, unmatured, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ABORTIVE — a. 1. Miscarrying, failing, untimely, immature, incomplete, stunted, rudimentary, rudimental. 2. Unavailing, vain fruitless, useless, bootless, ineffectual, ineffective, inoperative, unsuccessful, …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
ABORTIVE — adjective Synonyms: futile , bootless, fruitless, ineffective, ineffectual, unavailable, unavailing, unproductive, useless, vain Related Word: unformed; immature, unmatured, unripe Contrasted …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
ABORTIVE — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
ABORTIVE — adj. Abortive is used with these nouns: ↑ attempt , ↑ coup
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ABORTIVE — adj. 25B6; adjective UNSUCCESSFUL, failed, vain, thwarted, futile, useless, worthless, ineffective, ineffectual, to no effect, inefficacious, fruitless, unproductive, unavailing, to …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ABORTIVE — adjective which does not succeed abortive poliomyelitis = mild form of polio which only affects the throat and intestines COMMENT: …
English Dictionary of Medicine
ABORTIVE — Неудачный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ABORTIVE — (r) неудавшийся
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ABORTIVE — (a) преждевременный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ABORTIVE — 1. [əʹbɔ:tıv] n 1. абортивное средство 2. выкидыш 2. [əʹbɔ:tıv] a 1. 1) неудавшийся, безуспешный, бесплодный ~ attempt - тщетная …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ABORTIVE — adj. неудачный, недоразвитый, бесплодный, абортивный, неудавшийся, сорванный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
ABORTIVE — adj. неудачный, недоразвитый, бесплодный, абортивный, неудавшийся, сорванный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
ABORTIVE — 1) абортивный, недоразвитый 2) бот. стерильный
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
ABORTIVE — 1) абортивный, недоразвитый 2) бот. стерильный
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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