keskeytys — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abort verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- abortion noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
- hiatus noun A gap or interruption in something that would otherwise be continuous.
- interjection noun An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
- interrupt verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
- interruption noun An act of breaking in on something, or a pause caused by this.
- moratorium noun An official, temporary halt to an activity or agreement.
- pause verb To stop something briefly, intending to continue later.
- suspension noun A temporary stop or delay of something.
Senses
keskeytys is used for these senses in English:
- abort (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
- abortion (medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.[from 16th c.]
- hiatus An interruption, break, pause or absence.
- interjection An interruption; something interjected
- interrupt (computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
- interruption The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
- pause A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
- suspension The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
abort — full definition
- verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.
abortion — full definition
- noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
- noun A pregnancy that ends naturally and too early to produce a surviving baby; a miscarriage.
- noun The failure or collapse of a plan, project, or process partway through.