keskeytyä — meaning in English

English meaning

• abort verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
• break off verb To end something suddenly, especially a relationship, discussion or agreement.

Senses

keskeytyä is used for these senses in English:

• abort (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
• break off (intransitive) To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
• break off (transitive, slang, AAVE) To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something).

abort — full definition

1. verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
2. verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.

break off — full definition

1. verb To end something suddenly, especially a relationship, discussion or agreement.
2. verb To detach a piece from a larger whole, or to come away from it.
3. verb To stop speaking or doing something abruptly.

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