ABRUPT
\ɐbɹˈʌpt], \ɐbɹˈʌpt], \ɐ_b_ɹ_ˈʌ_p_t]\
Definitions of ABRUPT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
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Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
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Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
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Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
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An abrupt place.
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To tear off or asunder.
By Oddity Software
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Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
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Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
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Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
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Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
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An abrupt place.
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To tear off or asunder.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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Broken; ending suddenly; steep; rough; unceremonious or discourteous; unconnected; sudden.
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Abruptly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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