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the feeling of excitement or nervousness that you have when you are waiting for something to happen and are uncertain about what it is going to be: She kept him in suspense for several days before she said that she would marry him. The suspense is killing me (= I am extremely eager to know what is going to happen).
The meaning of SUSPENSE is the state of being suspended : suspension. How to use suspense in a sentence.
Suspense is a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon, for example about some news that you are waiting to hear. The England manager will end the suspense at a team meeting tomorrow. ...a writer who holds the suspense throughout her tale.
Suspense definition: a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.. See examples of SUSPENSE used in a sentence.
Suspense is a feeling of excited waiting. If you have been waiting for weeks to get an answer to your proposal of marriage, you are being kept in suspense.
the feeling of excitement or nervousness that you have when you are waiting for something to happen and are uncertain about what it is going to be: She kept him in suspense for several days before she said that she would marry him. The suspense is killing me (= I am extremely eager to know what is going to happen).
noun. /səˈspens/ [uncountable] a feeling of worry or excitement that you have when you feel that something is going to happen, somebody is going to tell you some news, etc. a tale of mystery and suspense. Don't keep us in suspense. Tell us what happened! I couldn't bear the suspense a moment longer. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
1. the condition of being insecure or uncertain: the matter of the succession remained in suspense for many years. 2. mental uncertainty; anxiety: their father's illness kept them in a state of suspense. 3. excitement felt at the approach of the climax: a play of terrifying suspense. 4. the condition of being suspended.
suspense. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sus‧pense /səˈspens/ noun [ uncountable] a feeling of excitement or anxiety when you do not know what will happen next → tension in suspense They kept us in suspense for over two hours.
the feeling of excitement that you have when you are waiting for something to happen: What's your answer then? Don't keep me in suspense. (Definition of suspense from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of suspense. in Chinese (Traditional) 懸念，焦慮，擔心… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 悬念，焦虑，担心… See more.
