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   suspend

   /səˈspɛnd/

   verb

   • 1. temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect: "work on the dam was suspended"
   • ▪ officially prohibit (someone) from holding their usual post or carrying out their usual role for a particular length of time: "two officers were suspended from duty pending the outcome of the investigation" Similar excludedebarshut outkeep outremoveeliminaterejectexpelejectevictrusticate
   • ▪ defer or delay (an action, event, or judgement): "the judge suspended judgement until January 15" Similar adjourninterruptbreak offpostponedelaydefershelvearrestput offintermitproroguehold overput asidepigeonholeput/hold/keep in abeyancereschedulecut shortbring to an endceasediscontinuedissolvedisbandterminatecall a halt totableinformal:put on iceput on the back burnermothballtake a rain check onOpposite continueresume
   • ▪ (of a judge or court) cause (an imposed sentence) not to be enforced as long as no further offence is committed within a specified period: "the sentence was suspended for six months"
   • 2. hang (something) from somewhere: "the light was suspended from the ceiling" Similar hangslingdrapestringput upswingdangle
   • 3. (of solid particles) be dispersed throughout the bulk of a fluid: "the paste contains collagen suspended in a salt solution"
   • 4. prolong (a note of a chord) into a following chord, usually so as to produce a temporary discord.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French suspendre or Latin suspendere, from sub- ‘from below’ + pendere ‘hang’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. suspensible adjective

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   • English (US)

     to stop something from being active, either temporarily or...

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     SUSPEND translate: odkładać, odraczać, zawieszać, zawieszać,...

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   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.

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   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. Suspend often describes stopping an activity for a while. A winter storm, for example, may suspend air travel until weather conditions improve.

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