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I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive.
Joseph Lancaster

Meaning of "abortive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ABORTIVE

abortive  [əˈbɔːtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABORTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Abortive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ABORTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of abortive in the English dictionary

The first definition of abortive in the dictionary is failing to achieve a purpose; fruitless. Other definition of abortive is imperfectly developed; rudimentary. Abortive is also causing abortion; abortifacient.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABORTIVE


accretive
əˈkriːtɪv
assertive
əˈsɜːtɪv
assortive
əˈsɔːtɪv
completive
kəmˈpliːtɪv
constitutive
ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːtɪv
contortive
kənˈtɔːtɪv
dilutive
daɪˈluːtɪv
distortive
dɪsˈtɔːtɪv
exertive
ɪɡˈzɜːtɪv
expletive
ɪkˈspliːtɪv
extortive
ɪkˈstɔːtɪv
furtive
ˈfɜːtɪv
retortive
rɪˈtɔːtɪv
self-assertive
ˌsɛlfəˈsɜːtɪv
sportive
ˈspɔːtɪv
substitutive
ˈsʌbstɪˌtjuːtɪv
suppletive
səˈpliːtɪv
supportive
səˈpɔːtɪv
tortive
ˈtɔːtɪv
transportive
trænsˈpɔːtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABORTIVE

aboriginally
aborigine
aborne
aborning
abort
abortee
aborter
aborticide
abortifacient
abortion
abortion clinic
abortion pill
abortional
abortionist
abortively
abortiveness
abortuaries
abortuary
abortus

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABORTIVE

active
alternative
automotive
competitive
convertive
cooperative
creative
divertive
effective
executive
in the negative
interactive
native
negative
nonassertive
overassertive
perspective
positive
relative
revertive

Synonyms and antonyms of abortive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ABORTIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «abortive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of abortive

Translation of «abortive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABORTIVE

Find out the translation of abortive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of abortive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «abortive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

失败的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

frustrado
570 millions of speakers

English

abortive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निष्फल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فاشلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неудачная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fracassado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যর্থ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avorté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Abortif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

misslungen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不成功の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무산된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Abortive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thất bại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தோல்வியடைந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्फळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prematüre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fallito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

połogiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невдала
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

abortive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άκαρπη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mislukte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

abortive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mislykket
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of abortive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABORTIVE»

The term «abortive» is regularly used and occupies the 78.067 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABORTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about abortive

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QUOTES WITH «ABORTIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word abortive.
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Joseph Lancaster
I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABORTIVE»

Discover the use of abortive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to abortive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Journey to Restoration Healing for the Post-Abortive Woman
Joneen M. Horton. Restoration Healing for the Post~Abortive Woman Joneen M. Horton Journey to Restoration Healing for the Post-Abortive Woman Joneen M. Journey to Front Cover.
Joneen M. Horton, 2009
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The Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Recommendations ...
After an abortive seizure, the practitioner should make a clinical judgment about whether restimulation will be conducted. On the one hand, abortive seizures caused by low stimulus dosage are likely not to have therapeutic properties and ...
American Psychiatric Association, 2008
3
Advances in Computing Science - ASIAN'98: 4th Asian ...
A, R) the sub-class of suspensive (resp. abortive, relax) operators. Sub-classes S, A and R form a partition of xyfg/xyfz operators. An operator is preemptive if it is suspensive or abortive. Among abortive operators, we distinguish so-called pure  ...
Jieh Hsiang, Atsushi Ohori, 1998
4
Understanding the Stretch Reflex
Similar phenomena can also be observed during positive after-potential following antidromic spikes. In a preparation maintained at the in situ length, the amplitude of abortive spikes preceded by abortive spikes were chosen and measured as ...
Saburō Honma, 2011
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Medical Record
Next in order, the abortive syndrome demands our attention, this often being grafted upon other disease pictures. We see evidences of it in pregnancy. The author even goes so far as to state that symptoms of toxemia of pregnancy belong ...
George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, 1918
6
National Institutes of Health Bulletin
Relation of abortive cases to paralytic cases and to each other. — In the three localities studied, in addition to the 86 paralyzed cases. 27 definite abortive cases and 41 suspected abortive cases were reported and investigated. Considering for ...
7
Annual Report of the New Jersey State Agricultural ...
In other words the larger the percentage of abortive seeds in any position the less viable and vigorous the seeds and seedlings that arise from the same position in the pod. Soybeans. From the study of the abortiveness of seeds as related to ...
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, 1915
8
Acute Poliomyelitis: Heine-Medin's Disease
Ed. Muller particularly studied the abortive forms in the epidemic in Hesse- Nassau. He verified the varieties I described, and, in addition, found cases evolving as bronchitis, or as sore throat. He, also, observed the connection between the ...
Otto Ivar Wickman, 1913
9
The Nature of Fascism
5. Abortive. Fascist. Movements. in. Inter-. War. Europe. The nature of fascism as the ideological basis of a regime can only be explored by examining the history of Fascism and Nazism. However, to concentrate exclusively on these is to lose ...
Roger Griffin, 1991
10
Migraine Your Questions Answered
Prescription. abortive. therapy. Q Which prescription medications are used to stop a migraine attack? Q How will I know which medication to use? Q How will I know when to use my abortive therapy?
Carol Foster, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABORTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term abortive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tracking the Clintons
Memories of the way Bill Clinton is supposed to have derailed his rivals' candidacies in 1992 and the abortive efforts to do the same to Barack ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
2
Sienna's second chance
This culminated in 2008 when, after a separation from Law, followed by an abortive and short-lived attempt at reconciliation, she fell headlong ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
The Big Interview: Henry Goodman
I resist suggesting to Goodman that he channelled his abortive Richard into his historic successor Arturo Ui. Although he delights in telling me ... «The Stage, Jul 15»
4
Is California trying to take Arizona's water?
In 1934 came the abortive effort by Arizona Gov. Benjamin Moeur to stop construction of Parker Dam on the river by calling out the Arizona ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»
5
Kano Dismisses Story On Ban Of Christian Worship
... by Christian leaders in Kano to appeal to the All Progressives Congress (APC) government in order to reconsider the policy proved abortive. «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
6
16th death anniversary of Nishan-e-Haider recipient Captain Karnal …
After many abortive attempts, the enemy on July 5 ringed the post of Capt. Sher Khan with the help of two battalion and unleashed heavy Mortar ... «The News Teller, Jul 15»
7
Gambia frees 85 prisoners
Bun Sanneh was convicted for corruption and jailed while Gaye was implicated in an abortive coup alongside former army chief Lang Tombong ... «StarAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
STRANGE! Dead Man Withdraws N4.3M From Bank Via ATM
It was further learnt that efforts by the family to lend credence to the bank proved abortive. Tags:BankdatboyjerryDead Manunion bank ... «360Nobs.com, Jul 15»
9
Guru Gobind Singh – THE SAINT SOLDIER
Their repeated expeditions during 1700-04 however proved abortive . They at last petitioned Emperor Aurangzeb for help. In concert with ... «The Indian Panorama, Jul 15»
10
2 make abortive bid on life
Two persons including a housewife made abortive bid to end their life by allegedly consuming some poisonous substance here today in ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»

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