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verb
- 1. temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect: "work on the dam was suspended"
- 2. hang (something) from somewhere: "the light was suspended from the ceiling" Similar
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The meaning of SUSPEND is to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function. How to use suspend in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Suspend.
to stop something from being active, either temporarily or permanently: The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather. The country's president has suspended the constitution and assumed total power.
Some common synonyms of suspend are defer, postpone, and stay. While all these words mean "to delay an action or proceeding," suspend implies temporary stoppage with an added suggestion of waiting until some condition is satisfied. business will be suspended while repairs are underway.
to hold or keep undetermined; refrain from forming or concluding definitely: to suspend one's judgment. to defer or postpone: to suspend sentence on a convicted person. to cause to cease or bring to a stop or stay, usually for a time: to suspend payment. Synonyms: discontinue, intermit.
to stop something from being active, either temporarily or permanently: The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather. The country's president has suspended the constitution and assumed total power.
You can use the verb suspend any time you need to stop something. Whether it’s your judgment, a rule, or bus service, when you suspend it, you temporarily bring it to a halt.
If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it.
suspend something to officially stop something for a time; to prevent something from being active, used, etc. for a time. Production has been suspended while safety checks are carried out. The constitution was suspended as the fighting grew worse.
vb. 1. (tr) to hang from above so as to permit free movement. 2. (tr; passive) to cause to remain floating or hanging: a cloud of smoke was suspended over the town. 3. (tr) to render inoperative or cause to cease, esp temporarily: to suspend interest payments.
suspend something to officially delay something; to arrange for something to happen later than planned The introduction of the new system has been suspended until next year. to suspend judgment (= delay forming or expressing an opinion)
