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abort
Verb
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If you abort something, you stop something from happening any longer.
The space mission was aborted because there was a fuel leak.
I aborted the computer program since it wasn't working properly.
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If a doctor aborts an unborn baby, they stop it from being born alive.
The baby was aborted in pregnancy because it was a girl.
The parents aborted the baby because they wouldn't be able to raise it.
without
Preposition
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Used to say that you don't have something or that something isn't in a place.
I went all the way to school without my books.
It's hard to make a word without a, e, i, o, or u.
The picture's OK, but the room looks better without it.
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Used to say that somebody didn't do something or that something didn't happen.
She walked past without looking at me.
Without stopping, he ran all the way home.
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outside
change
Verb
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If you change something, you make it different than before.
Ellen changed the sentence so that it was correct.
change
Noun
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A change is when something becomes different.
The building plan required some small changes.
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When you get change for a bill, you get smaller bills or coins that equal the amount of the original bill. For example, if you get change for a $5 bill, you may get five $1 bills or you may get four $1 bills and coins that add up to $1 or you may get some other combination of bills and coins.
Can I get change for this $100 bill please?
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A change is a replacement.
I brought a change of clothes, just in case.