suspend

[ suh-spend ]

/ səˈspɛnd /

verb (used with object)

to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.

to attach so as to allow free movement: to suspend a door on a hinge.

to keep from falling, sinking, forming a deposit, etc., as if by hanging: to suspend solid particles in a liquid.

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.

to cause to cease for a time from operation or effect, as a law, rule, privilege, service, or the like: to suspend ferry service.

to debar, usually for a limited time, from the exercise of an office or function or the enjoyment of a privilege: The student was suspended from school.

to keep in a mood or feeling of expectation or incompleteness; keep waiting in suspense: Finish the story; don't suspend us in midair.

Music. to prolong (a note or tone) into the next chord.

verb (used without object)

to come to a stop, usually temporarily; cease from operation for a time.

to stop payment; be unable to meet financial obligations.

to hang or be suspended, as from another object: The chandelier suspends from the ceiling.

to be suspended, as in a liquid, gas, etc.

Origin of suspend

1250–1300; Middle English suspenden < Latin suspendere to hang up, equivalent to sus- sus- + pendere (transitive) to hang (see pend, suspense)

SYNONYMS FOR suspend

6 hold up, intermit. See interrupt.

OTHER WORDS FROM suspend

sus·pend·i·ble, adjective sus·pend·i·bil·i·ty, noun non·sus·pend·ed, adjective pre·sus·pend, verb (used with object)

re·sus·pend, verb self-sus·pend·ed, adjective un·sus·pend·ed, adjective un·sus·pend·i·ble, adjective

Words nearby suspend

susiana, susie, suslik, suslov, suspect, suspend, suspended animation, suspended sentence, suspender, suspender belt, suspense

British Dictionary definitions for resuspend

suspend

/ (səˈspɛnd) /

verb

(tr) to hang from above so as to permit free movement

(tr; passive) to cause to remain floating or hanging a cloud of smoke was suspended over the town

(tr) to render inoperative or cause to cease, esp temporarily to suspend interest payments

(tr) to hold in abeyance; postpone action on to suspend a decision

(tr) to debar temporarily from privilege, office, etc, as a punishment

(tr) chem to cause (particles) to be held in suspension in a fluid

(tr) music to continue (a note) until the next chord is sounded, with which it usually forms a dissonance See suspension (def. 11)

(intr) to cease payment, as from incapacity to meet financial obligations

(tr) obsolete to put or keep in a state of anxiety or wonder

(intr) obsolete to be attached from above

Derived forms of suspend

suspendible or suspensible, adjective suspendibility, noun

Word Origin for suspend

C13: from Latin suspendere from sub- + pendere to hang

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suspend

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of suspend

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OTHER WORDS FROM suspend

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British Dictionary definitions for resuspend

verb

Derived forms of suspend

Word Origin for suspend

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suspend

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of suspend

SYNONYMS FOR suspend

OTHER WORDS FROM suspend

Words nearby suspend

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verb

Derived forms of suspend

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