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Meaning of "abruptness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ABRUPTNESS

əˈbrʌptnɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABRUPTNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Abruptness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ABRUPTNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of abruptness in the English dictionary

The definition of abruptness in the dictionary is curtness. Other definition of abruptness is suddenness.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABRUPTNESS

alertness · appropriateness · aptness · brightness · completeness · correctness · eyewitness · fitness · greatness · hotness · ineptness · lightness · promptness · robustness · shortness · softness · tightness · wetness · whiteness · witness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABRUPTNESS

abridge · abridgeable · abridged · abridger · abridgment · abrim · abrin · abroach · abroad · abrogable · abrogate · abrogation · abrogative · abrogator · abrooke · abrosia · abrupt · abruption · abruptly

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABRUPTNESS

adeptness · adroitness · aquafitness · bear witness · bluntness · business · compactness · deftness · expert witness · flatness · incorrectness · inertness · justness · physical fitness · pleasantness · political correctness · quietness · sweetness · tartness · unfitness · vastness

Synonyms and antonyms of abruptness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ABRUPTNESS»

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

Translation of «abruptness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABRUPTNESS

Find out the translation of abruptness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of abruptness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «abruptness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

唐突
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

brusquedad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

abruptness
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

आकस्मिकता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فجائية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

резкость
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

brusquidão
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

আকস্মিকতা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

brusquerie
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kekecohan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Plötzlichkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

急峻
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

으로 갑작스런
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Abruptness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phũ phàng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

abruptness
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

आकस्मितता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

diklik
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

subitaneità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

gwałtowność
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

різкість
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

abrupt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απρόοπτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verrassing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plötslig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overrumpla
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of abruptness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABRUPTNESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of abruptness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «abruptness».

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABRUPTNESS»

Discover the use of abruptness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to abruptness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sources of Effectiveness in Public Speaking: Psychological ...
Psychological Principles Practically Used in Developing Ability to Speak Charles Edmund Neil. of inflection is reached when the speaker is moved by all three causes. ABRUPTNESS OF INFLECTION Abruptness of inflection consists in the ...
Charles Edmund Neil, 1920
2
The Genesis of Art-form: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics ...
Gradat1on, Abruptness, Transition, and Progress in Poetry and Music 266-277 Gradation and its Relation to Principality, Central-Point, and Massing — Abruptness, Transition, and Progress — Connection between these Methods and those ...
George Lansing Raymond, 1893
3
Comparative Aesthetics
Gradation, Abruptness, Transition, and Progress in Poetry and Music 266-277 Gradation and its Relation to Principality, Central-Point, and Massing — Abruptness, Transition, and Progress — Connection between these Methods and those ...
George Lansing Raymond, 1909
4
Comparative Aesthetics: The genesis of art form
XVI PAGE GRADATION, ABRUPTNESS, TRANSITION, AND PROGRESS IN POETRY AND MUSIC Gradation and its Relation to Principality, Central-Point, and Massing-Abruptness, Transition, and Progress—Connection between these  ...
George Lansing Raymond, 1904
5
Meaning of Movement
Also note how free flow enhances the pleasant quality and bound flow contributes to the unpleasant quality of a movement or a speaker's voice. Abruptness consists of swiftly changing levels of intensity. Abruptness is an inherent quality of ...
Amighi,, 2014
6
Dynamics of the English Phonological System
There are other manifestations of sirni arity between abruptness and tenseness. It is worth noting that consonantal tenseness is also closely related to consonantal abruptness, or glottalization.25 Unlike vocalic tenseness, however, vocalic ...
V. Y. Plotkin, 1972
7
The Changing Alpine Treeline: The Example of Glacier ...
Each statistic was subjected to a two-way factorial ANOVA using both abruptness and patchiness levels (i.e., main effects) and a single-factor ANOVA using only abruptness levels (i.e., simple effects). The fractional contribution of variance from  ...
David R. Butler, George P. Malanson, Stephen J. Walsh, 2009
8
Philologia Anglicana: or, a Philological and synonymical ...
[from abrupt'fi] The qualityI of being abrupt; 1i “ The abruptness'“ of the road, place, entrance, passage, wood, mountain, and the like objects.” 2. “ The abruptness“ of his question, reply, departure, message," and the like expressions. 3.
Benjamin DAWSON (Rector of Burgh, Suffolk.), 1806
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The Meaning of Movement: Developmental and Clinical ...
Also note how free flow enhances the pleasant quality and bound flow contributes to the unpleasant quality of a movement or a speaker's voice. Abruptness consists of swiftly changing levels of intensity. Abruptness is an inherent quality of ...
‎1999
10
Rapid Thermal and Other Short-time Processing Technologies: ...
films grown at 500 °C which are not subjected to any subsequent anneal are highly attractive in terms of the ideal junction abruptness obtained in a low temperature process. Further, any small thermal budgets seen by the junctions following ...
Fred Roozeboom, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABRUPTNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term abruptness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Jane Austen fans flock to Pride and Prejudice Ball at Chatsworth …
... eye was instantly caught by Pemberley House, situated on the opposite side of the valley into which the road into some abruptness wound. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Cruel end for Ryan Harris's Test career
The abruptness of his retirement was shocking. He was the team's muscle. Never a bad word was said. As Australia's former Test speedster ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
3
Greek crossroads
The abruptness of the move took some European leaders by surprise — Merkel and Hollande were told of it by telephone shortly before Tsipras ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Jul 15»
4
The Classical Music Network
... his Chopinesque runs inside the “Allegro moderato con fuoco” are silky and eloquent while straddled with occasional abruptness. «ConcertoNet, Jul 15»
5
Book Review: Saikat Majumdar's The Firebird
... lover, the stage, the theatre, and a son who wants to kill, first with the abruptness of fire, a firebird, and then with the slow poison of pain. «Livemint, Jul 15»
6
Special Report - How Greece went bust
The abruptness of the move took some European leaders by surprise. Merkel and Hollande were told of it by telephone shortly before Tsipras ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
7
Sam Trapchak – Land Grab (2015)
The variance in intensity so wonderfully modulated there is contrasted by the abruptness in attitude change on “Beautiful/Furious,” and it's easy ... «Something Else! Reviews, Jul 15»
8
#HoosGoingToHenley, Part Three: Virginia Cavaliers Prepare for …
"One of the things that makes Henley so terrible and great at the same time is its abruptness."Of course, the most significant piece of the week ... «RowingRelated, Jun 15»
9
Last tango in Athens?
In comparison, the magnitude and abruptness of Argentina's 2001 collapse overwhelmed many aid agencies, which were simply unable to ... «Open Democracy, Jun 15»
10
Film review: Insidious: Chapter 3 ***
... also mined in the low-budget Unfriended, an online conversation that logs off with chilling abruptness ('Who's that standing right next to you? «Cyprus Mail, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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