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- Dictionarysuspend/səˈspɛnd/
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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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.
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.
If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it.
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.
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.
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.
